REG - Equiniti Share Plan Tesco PLC - Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">TSCO.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 8570WEquiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd17 November 2017FORM 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
16.11.2017
(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:
101,541,319*
1.24%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
101,541,319
1.24%
*The change in the holding of 27,013 shares since the last disclosure on 16.11.2017 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
100
1.8495
Ord 5p
Sales
122
1.8505
Ord 5p
Sales
69
1.8500
Ord 5p
Sales
189
1.8495
Ord 5p
Sales
68
1.8520
Ord 5p
Sales
381
1.8505
Ord 5p
Sales
260
1.8480
Ord 5p
Sales
97
1.8485
Ord 5p
Sales
198
1.8490
Ord 5p
Sales
62
1.8450
Ord 5p
Sales
106
1.8450
Ord 5p
Sales
250
1.8435
Ord 5p
Sales
139
1.8425
Ord 5p
Sales
283
1.8415
Ord 5p
Sales
123
1.8420
Ord 5p
Sales
230
1.8425
Ord 5p
Sales
205
1.8425
Ord 5p
Sales
539
1.8400
Ord 5p
Sales
186
1.8430
Ord 5p
Sales
171
1.8425
Ord 5p
Sales
217
1.8395
Ord 5p
Sales
131
1.8400
Ord 5p
Sales
178
1.8380
Ord 5p
Sales
170
1.8380
Ord 5p
Sales
1,196
1.8410
Ord 5p
Sales
1,131
1.8420
Ord 5p
Sales
206
1.8420
Ord 5p
Sales
326
1.8420
Ord 5p
Sales
717
1.8455
Ord 5p
Sales
227
1.8455
Ord 5p
Sales
833
1.8455
Ord 5p
Sales
205
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
487
1.8460
Ord 5p
Sales
149
1.8475
Ord 5p
Sales
122
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
491
1.8465
Ord 5p
Sales
184
1.8480
Ord 5p
Sales
1,765
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
151
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
105
1.8480
Ord 5p
Sales
76
1.8460
Ord 5p
Sales
127
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
110
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
69
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
116
1.8465
Ord 5p
Sales
34
1.8455
Ord 5p
Sales
285
1.8450
Ord 5p
Sales
90
1.8425
Ord 5p
Sales
68
1.8435
Ord 5p
Sales
28
1.8435
Ord 5p
Sales
94
1.8440
Ord 5p
Sales
381
1.8460
Ord 5p
Sales
128
1.8455
Ord 5p
Sales
333
1.8445
Ord 5p
Sales
190
1.8470
Ord 5p
Sales
2,316
1.8465
Ord 5p
Sales
124
1.8450
Ord 5p
Sales
223
1.8490
Ord 5p
Sales
124
1.8485
Ord 5p
Sales
279
1.8495
Ord 5p
Sales
110
1.8490
Ord 5p
Sales
501
1.8500
Ord 5p
Sales
251
1.8500
Ord 5p
Sales
309
1.8500
Ord 5p
Sales
235
1.8520
Ord 5p
Sales
600
1.8510
Ord 5p
Sales
152
1.8525
Ord 5p
Sales
59
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales
1,159
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales
148
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales
83
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales
497
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales
89
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales
562
1.8545
Ord 5p
Sales
80
1.8515
Ord 5p
Sales
120
1.8515
Ord 5p
Sales
63
1.8520
Ord 5p
Sales
518
1.8510
Ord 5p
Sales
457
1.8505
Ord 5p
Sales
76
1.8500
Ord 5p
Sales
604
1.8510
Ord 5p
Sales
340
1.8510
Ord 5p
Sales
123
1.8480
Ord 5p
Sales
1,638
1.8475
Ord 5p
Sales
86
1.8430
Ord 5p
Sales
165
1.8415
Ord 5p
Sales
318
1.8435
Ord 5p
Sales
145
1.8440
Ord 5p
Sales
296
1.8440
Ord 5p
Sales
78
1.8430
Ord 5p
Sales
134
1.8430
Ord 5p
Sales
3
1.8465
Ord 5p
Sales
50,181
1.8465
(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:
17.11.2017
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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