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TescoAnnouncement

09/05/2017 09:50

RNS Number : 5953E
Societe Generale SA
09 May 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:
Socit Gnrale S.A.
(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.

(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
08/05/2017
(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"
YES: Booker Group Plc
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: 15,308,831 Shares Interests and 44,697,882 short position
ADR (referencing the ordinary): 1,500 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position 
Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)
Interests
Short positions

Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
15,310,331
0.19
44,697,882
0.55
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
38,664,622
0.47
5,991,271
0.07
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
2,250,000
0.03
9,101,000
0.11
 TOTAL:
56,224,953
0.69
59,790,153
0.73
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
GBP
Ordinary
Purchase
1,692
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
29,750
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
9,795
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
3,334
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
14,317
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
608
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
487
1.7934908
Ordinary
Purchase
5,700
1.7925
Ordinary
Purchase
2,357
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,357
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
2,353
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
2,353
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,345
1.802
Ordinary
Purchase
2,344
1.802
Ordinary
Purchase
2,356
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,500
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,571
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
100
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,565
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,347
1.799
Ordinary
Purchase
527
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
1,829
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,351
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
776
1.8
Ordinary
Purchase
1,832
1.8
Ordinary
Purchase
2,356
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,357
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,352
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
15,739
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,356
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,353
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
2,347
1.7985
Ordinary
Purchase
2,344
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
2,356
1.7925
Ordinary
Purchase
3,156
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
1,257
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
1,086
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
299
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
400
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
688
1.804
Ordinary
Purchase
1,412
1.804
Ordinary
Purchase
243
1.804
Ordinary
Purchase
2,343
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
237
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
1,875
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
240
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
2,358
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,353
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,486
1.7945
Ordinary
Purchase
2,358
1.7915
Ordinary
Purchase
1,653
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
245
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,110
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,346
1.8025
Ordinary
Purchase
593
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
1,750
1.803
Ordinary
Purchase
2,357
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,740
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,352
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
3,258
1.7945
Ordinary
Purchase
1,687
1.8
Ordinary
Purchase
661
1.8
Ordinary
Purchase
2,343
1.8025
Ordinary
Purchase
1,696
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
1,231
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
272
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
2,703
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
6,643
1.8095
Ordinary
Purchase
18,470
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
34
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
1,350
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.803
Ordinary
Sale
900
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
3,236
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
55
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,239
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
2,194
1.809
Ordinary
Sale
2,104
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
5,470
1.8035
Ordinary
Sale
2,992
1.8085
Ordinary
Sale
1,383
1.8085
Ordinary
Sale
15,995
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
3
1.8
Ordinary
Sale
3,200
1.8
Ordinary
Sale
4,794
1.8
Ordinary
Sale
25,574
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,406
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
1,900
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
500
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
12,478
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
17,958
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,338
1.805
Ordinary
Sale
8,461
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.8095
Ordinary
Sale
2,551
1.8
Ordinary
Sale
570
1.806
Ordinary
Sale
1,767
1.806
Ordinary
Sale
3,095
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
982
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.808
Ordinary
Sale
3,456
1.8095
Ordinary
Sale
1,282
1.8095
Ordinary
Sale
2,337
1.8065
Ordinary
Sale
5,554
1.812
Ordinary
Sale
1,409
1.803
Ordinary
Sale
5,073
1.803
Ordinary
Sale
9,516
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
3,233
1.809
Ordinary
Sale
853
1.809
Ordinary
Sale
9,909
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
5,960
1.807
Ordinary
Sale
1,458
1.81
Ordinary
Sale
534
1.8095
Ordinary
Sale
4,584
1.81
Ordinary
Sale
4,740
1.8115
Ordinary
Sale
2,344
1.803
Ordinary
Sale
3,199
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
700
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
2,088
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
2,060
1.8075
Ordinary
Sale
1,772
1.8055
Ordinary
Sale
1,863
1.809
Ordinary
Sale
1,316
1.8025
Ordinary
Sale
15,995
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
569
1.8065
Ordinary
Sale
1,900
1.8065
Ordinary
Sale
861
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,380
1.795

Total Purchases
212,041


Total Sales
235,440

(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 GBP





(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 GBP








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




(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) GBP



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"
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
YES
Date of disclosure:
09/05/2017
Contact name:
Olivier Vero
Telephone number:
+44 20 7676 6821 / 6969
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.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Full name of person making disclosure:
SOCIETE GENERALE SA
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:
Tesco Plc
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Written or purchased
Number of securities to which option or derivative relates
Exercise price per unit
EUR
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Ordinary Shares
Listed Call Option
Sale
1,000
2.200
American options
19/01/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Call Option
Sale
5,000,000
2.600
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
3,000,000
1.200
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
1,000
1.600
American options
19/01/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
35,000
1.700
American options
16/06/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
14,000
1.800
American options
16/06/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
30,000
1.600
American options
15/06/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
15,000
1.950
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
500,000
2.400
American options
21/12/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
5,000
1.400
American options
16/03/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
500,000
1.900
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Sale
2,250,000
1
American options
18/09/2020
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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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