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24/10/2017 13:16

RNS Number : 4825U
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
24 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
23.10.2017
(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:
102,852,692*
1.26%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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




 TOTAL:
102,852,692
1.26%


*The change in the holding of 13,069 shares since the last disclosure on 23.10.2017 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 
525
1.8715
Ord 5p
Sales 
147
1.8725
Ord 5p
Sales 
58
1.8695
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8695
Ord 5p
Sales 
342
1.8685
Ord 5p
Sales 
90
1.8700
Ord 5p
Sales 
109
1.8725
Ord 5p
Sales 
131
1.8730
Ord 5p
Sales 
236
1.8745
Ord 5p
Sales 
82
1.8750
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8770
Ord 5p
Sales 
168
1.8785
Ord 5p
Sales 
430
1.8785
Ord 5p
Sales 
220
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
96
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
160
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
120
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
112
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
50
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,251
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
150
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
310
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
190
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
67
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
69
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
207
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
148
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
130
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
78
1.8790
Ord 5p
Sales 
577
1.8790
Ord 5p
Sales 
513
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
290
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
74
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
414
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
150
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
304
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
556
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
139
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
101
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
74
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
237
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
508
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
31
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
205
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
56
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
142
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
302
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
237
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
60
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
177
1.8895
Ord 5p
Sales 
286
1.8880
Ord 5p
Sales 
124
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
203
1.8875
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
49
1.8860
Ord 5p
Sales 
115
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,249
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
172
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
106
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
567
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
242
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
91
1.8845
Ord 5p
Sales 
120
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
178
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
90
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
624
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
156
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
119
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
710
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
200
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
364
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
127
1.8840
Ord 5p
Sales 
284
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
677
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
184
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,244
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
112
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
465
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
232
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
68
1.8845
Ord 5p
Sales 
265
1.8870
Ord 5p
Sales 
161
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
119
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.8865
Ord 5p
Sales 
309
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
34
1.8850
Ord 5p
Sales 
42,553
1.8835
(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:
24.10.2017
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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