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RNS Number : 3570U
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
23 October 2017
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
The Tesco PLC Share Incentive Plan
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Tesco PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
20.10.2017
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
NO
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
Ordinary Shares of 5p each
Interests
Short positions

Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
102,930,713*
1.26%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
102,930,713
1.26%


*The change in the holding of 53,419 shares since the last disclosure on 20.10.2017 date is due to the transfer out of a discretionary holding.
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ord 5p
Sales 
186
1.8900
Ord 5p
Sales 
853
1.8900
Ord 5p
Sales 
159
1.8900
Ord 5p
Sales 
242
1.8900
Ord 5p
Sales 
58
1.8910
Ord 5p
Sales 
340
1.8915
Ord 5p
Sales 
268
1.8915
Ord 5p
Sales 
96
1.8930
Ord 5p
Sales 
338
1.8910
Ord 5p
Sales 
415
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
177
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
94
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
163
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
408
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
214
1.8895
Ord 5p
Sales 
74
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
289
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
130
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
235
1.8895
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8895
Ord 5p
Sales 
317
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
440
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
98
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
94
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
211
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
646
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
195
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
345
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
103
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
239
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
142
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
81
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
188
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
217
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
144
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
617
1.8845
Ord 5p
Sales 
129
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
311
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
86
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
331
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
147
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
128
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
128
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
223
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
20
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
193
1.8895
Ord 5p
Sales 
36
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
903
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
187
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
153
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
560
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
130
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
85
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
111
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
94
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
90
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
70
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
78
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
98
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
211
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
223
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
352
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,629
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
120
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
59
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
284
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
82
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
277
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
156
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
79
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
149
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
369
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
151
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
195
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
96
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
139
1.8845
Ord 5p
Sales 
321
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
290
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
116
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
300
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
384
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
95
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
115
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
544
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
333
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
676
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
160
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
60
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
58
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
33
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
306
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
157
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
610
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
103
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
86
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
340
1.8885
Ord 5p
Sales 
400
1.8890
Ord 5p
Sales 
491
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
190
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
697
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
300
1.8775
Ord 5p
Sales 
787
1.8775
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,085
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
45
1.8760
Ord 5p
Sales 
660
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
233
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
56
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,500
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
86
1.8760
Ord 5p
Sales 
363
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
157
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
759
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
249
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
279
1.8775
Ord 5p
Sales 
50
1.8775
Ord 5p
Sales 
57
1.8770
Ord 5p
Sales 
384
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
445
1.8775
Ord 5p
Sales 
286
1.8755
Ord 5p
Sales 
427
1.8755
Ord 5p
Sales 
8
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
35,578
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales
327
1.8605
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit




(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit




(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)



4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
23.10.2017
Contact name:
Wendy Butcher
Telephone number:
01903 833375
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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