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05/06/2017 13:20

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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:                                                                                 Magnetar Financial (UK) LLP  
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient  N/A                          
 (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:                                     N/A                          
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                                                                               June 2, 2017                 
 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?                    Yes – Booker Group Plc       

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:                            5p ordinary ISIN: GB0008847096       
                                                        Interests         Short positions    
                                                    Number       %       Number        %     
                                                                                             
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                            
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                119      0.00%   17,229,556    0.21%   
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                
 TOTAL:                                               119    0.00%     17,229,556    0.21%   

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase
or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including
directors’ and other executive options)

 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:     
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:    

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.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  
                                                                                  

 (b)       Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 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  
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        11,960                          1.8287          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        31,510                          1.829           
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        40,995                          1.8261          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        38,753                          1.8263          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        36,924                          1.8232          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Decreasing a short position                                        19,840                          1.8254          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Increasing a short position                                        5,462                           1.8284          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Increasing a short position                                        10,106                          1.8287          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Increasing a short position                                        12,110                          1.8249          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Increasing a short position                                        9,582                           1.8269          
       Ordinary shares                    Swap                                                     Increasing a short position                                        12,626                          1.8228          
 Ordinary shares             Swap                                                                  Increasing a short position                                        14,668                          1.8251          
 Ordinary shares             Swap                                                                  Increasing a short position                                        14                              1.8268          

 (c)       Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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)        Exercising

 Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. call option  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)  
                                                                                                                        

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:  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:  June 5, 2017     
 Contact name:        Julianna Ethell  
 Telephone number:    847-905-4688     

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing 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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