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TescoAnnouncement

03/08/2017 10:00

RNS Number : 0218N
Societe Generale SA
03 August 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
02/08/2017
(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: 21,079,686 Shares Interests and 33,114,368 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:
21,081,186
0.26
33,114,368
0.40
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
31,263,361
0.38
5,880,790
0.07
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
7,940,000
0.10
14,829,000
0.18
 TOTAL:
60,284,547
0.74
53,824,158
0.66
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
1,370
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
66,521
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
73,260
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
37
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,876
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,876
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,876
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,451
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,450
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,450
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,451
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,450
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,678
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,450
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
6,360
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
362
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,604
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
1,862
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
61
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
1,390
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
1,978
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
2,121
1.78125
Ordinary
Purchase
2,465
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
3,080
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
2,408
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
1,014
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
20
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
2,152
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
97
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
2,120
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
467
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,253
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
3,806
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
38
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
2,100
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
719
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
1,304
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
300
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
1,393
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
1,676
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,208
1.777
Ordinary
Purchase
765
1.777
Ordinary
Purchase
2,530
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
2,515
1.7795
Ordinary
Purchase
5,758
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
4,610
1.7685
Ordinary
Purchase
10,622
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
799
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
1,938
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
1,453
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
10,860
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
10,484
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
2,062
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
467
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
2,534
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
61
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
16,233
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
2,356
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
776
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
1,302
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,702
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
32
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
2,521
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
58
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,476
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,531
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
1,232
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
4,002
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
1,679
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
3,000
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
8,451
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
8,453
1.7785
Ordinary
Purchase
1,310
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
2,271
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
5,035
1.771
Ordinary
Purchase
2,707
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
665
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
2,513
1.7805
Ordinary
Purchase
849
1.7795
Ordinary
Purchase
259
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
1,666
1.7795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,514
1.7785
Ordinary
Purchase
2,493
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
1,524
1.761
Ordinary
Purchase
1,524
1.7605
Ordinary
Purchase
543
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
3,738
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
2,500
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
4,792
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
3,298
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
3,315
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
51
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
4,555
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
1,289
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
1,894
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
652
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
4,864
1.7645
Ordinary
Purchase
3,291
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
1,500
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
2,706
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
4,725
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
2,674
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
395
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,839
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,865
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,531
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
2,519
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
1,894
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
636
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
4,593
1.7685
Ordinary
Purchase
2,532
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
2,500
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,209
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
185
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
1,207
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,962
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
1,500
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
497
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
66
1.781
Ordinary
Purchase
2,082
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
1,686
1.7805
Ordinary
Purchase
2,469
1.7805
Ordinary
Purchase
3,446
1.7805
Ordinary
Purchase
15,901
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
3,180
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,901
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,862
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
1,258
1.78275
Ordinary
Sale
2,179
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
123
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
3,887
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,953
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
537
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
1,074
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
537
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,100
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
2,794
1.78225
Ordinary
Sale
3,090
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,610
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,740
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,979
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,416
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
3,582
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
3,647
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,729
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,020
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
815
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
1,306
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
1,999
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
4,816
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
551
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
1,621
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
1,337
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,872
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,517
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,517
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
3,443
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
259
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,516
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
3,901
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,517
1.7805
Ordinary
Sale
3,690
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
2,515
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
3,064
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,684
1.7725
Ordinary
Sale
2,596
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,515
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
280
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
710
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
3,528
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
4,724
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
2,094
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,521
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,518
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,113
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,651
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
1,816
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
4,471
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
191
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
2,586
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,891
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,587
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,523
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,515
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,515
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
1,908
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
2,517
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,516
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,516
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
2,330
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
2,959
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
4,322
1.77
Ordinary
Sale
3,128
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
4,416
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
4,795
1.77
Ordinary
Sale
4,942
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
4,934
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
4,529
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
5,167
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
5,048
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
4,264
1.769
Ordinary
Sale
4,567
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
4,251
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
5,010
1.7715
Ordinary
Sale
4,824
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
4,346
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,132
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
1,221
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
2,038
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
156
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,336
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
4,808
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,657
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
2,704
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,419
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
819
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,593
1.7805
Ordinary
Sale
2,737
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,514
1.7835
Ordinary
Sale
3,854
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
2,555
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
1,258
1.78275
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
130
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,967
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
1,644
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,228
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
498
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,148
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,994
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,880
1.78325
Ordinary
Sale
1,721
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
790
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,866
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,235
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
1,914
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
1,258
1.78275
Ordinary
Sale
1,666
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,553
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,314
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
1,876
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
136
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
6,789
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
3,327
1.78175
Ordinary
Sale
1,312
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,232
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,544
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
1,772
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,925
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
2,548
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
1,971
1.78325
Ordinary
Sale
2,606
1.783
Ordinary
Sale
2,033
1.78325
Ordinary
Sale
2
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,382
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,283
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
6,566
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
4,924
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
8,208
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
4,924
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,497
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
5,101
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,370
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
4,069
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
9,849
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,701
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,224
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,378
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
8,207
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,362
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,283
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
8,207
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,653
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
3,451
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
6,026
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
4,555
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
2,678
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
8,591
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
5,115
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
5,103
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,562
1.7825
Ordinary
Sale
152,621
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
687
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
584
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,926
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,183
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
5,494
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
1,080
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,393
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
370
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
3,673
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
6,146
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
8,392
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,875
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
583
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
604
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
65,043
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,350
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,549
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,821
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
583
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
9,684
1.782

Total Purchases
515,003


Total Sales
748,153

 
(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:
03/08/2017
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 Call Option
Sale
2,750,000
1.800
American options
21/12/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
3,000,000
1.200
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
8,000
1.4
American options
15/06/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
79,000
1.65
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
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
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Sale
2,750,000
1.800
American options
21/12/2018
Ordinary Shares
OTC call-option
Sale
2,940,000
1.700
American options
15/09/2017
Ordinary Shares
OTC put-option
Sale
2,940,000
1.700
American options
15/09/2017
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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