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TescoAnnouncement

14/08/2017 10:01

RNS Number : 8978N
Societe Generale SA
14 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
11/08/2017
(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: 22,613,103 Shares Interests and 29,258,800 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:
22,614,603
0.28
29,258,800
0.36
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
31,733,021
0.39
1,717,790
0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
7,940,000
0.10
14,829,000
0.18
 TOTAL:
62,287,624
0.76
45,805,590
0.56
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
95,630
1.772
Ordinary
Purchase
2,684
1.772
Ordinary
Purchase
87
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.779
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7785
Ordinary
Purchase
119
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
2,564
1.7745
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7775
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.771
Ordinary
Purchase
2,564
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
1,190
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
1,373
1.782
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7815
Ordinary
Purchase
1,527
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
1,100
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
1,252
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
211
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
2,022
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
1,899
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.7785
Ordinary
Purchase
1,166
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7695
Ordinary
Purchase
914
1.774
Ordinary
Purchase
1,650
1.774
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.776
Ordinary
Purchase
642
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
1,769
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
793
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7775
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7795
Ordinary
Purchase
1,913
1.7705
Ordinary
Purchase
1,579
1.78
Ordinary
Purchase
984
1.78
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.775
Ordinary
Purchase
228
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
2,334
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
1,513
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
409
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.777
Ordinary
Purchase
1,971
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
591
1.778
Ordinary
Purchase
100
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
100
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
100
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
1,446
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
2,563
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.7685
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
2,562
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
554
1.772
Ordinary
Purchase
112
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
1
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
2,048
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
512
1.7755
Ordinary
Purchase
720
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
108
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
3,000
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
230
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
406
1.7705
Ordinary
Purchase
1,980
1.7705
Ordinary
Purchase
2,225
1.777
Ordinary
Purchase
3,129
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
1,453
1.776
Ordinary
Purchase
1,112
1.776
Ordinary
Purchase
618
1.777
Ordinary
Purchase
1,349
1.7705
Ordinary
Purchase
900
1.773
Ordinary
Purchase
642
1.761
Ordinary
Purchase
987
1.761
Ordinary
Purchase
4,588
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
4,118
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,851
1.761
Ordinary
Purchase
4,753
1.7685
Ordinary
Purchase
1,422
1.768002813
Ordinary
Purchase
3,320
1.7725
Ordinary
Purchase
9,246,085
1.761
Ordinary
Sale
6,360
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
15
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
886
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
1,629
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
10,302
1.7575
Ordinary
Sale
340
1.7575
Ordinary
Sale
4,679
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
11,222
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
13,438
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
2,463
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
12,303
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
17
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
5,795
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
1,483
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
1,424
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
1,425
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
1,962
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
238
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
3,559
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
364
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
1,551
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
1,551
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
3,723
1.76
Ordinary
Sale
1,724
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
1,724
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,194
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
1,273
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
1,001
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
580
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
4,783
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
1,275
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
356
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
3,259
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
744
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
55,730
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
3,670
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
2,565
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
2,555
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,557
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,557
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
302
1.7805
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.7805
Ordinary
Sale
3,244
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,556
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
483
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,075
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
6,065
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
3,655
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,715
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,567
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
1,846
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
722
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,547
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
2,569
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
1,110
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
1,687
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
2,569
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
81
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
495
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
1,980
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
3,122
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,639
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
2,565
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
1,845
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
564
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,996
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,560
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,624
1.782
Ordinary
Sale
2,569
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,550
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
2,572
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
4,131
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
6,231
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
190
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
293
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,645
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,572
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,090
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,565
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
1,404
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,860
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,562
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,021
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
749
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,243
1.7815
Ordinary
Sale
2,641
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
2,567
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
2,569
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,780
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
1,546
1.761
Ordinary
Sale
1,300
1.77
Ordinary
Sale
1,335
1.77
Ordinary
Sale
2,842
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
2,564
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,511
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
1,170
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
1,057
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
1,508
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
2,563
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,866
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,571
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
780
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,563
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,567
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,951
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
100
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,021
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,021
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
1,531
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
1,910
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
155
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
510
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,049
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,563
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,569
1.7715
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
2,565
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
4,203
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
822
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
1,751
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,560
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,642
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
1,815
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
748
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,562
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
1,834
1.7725
Ordinary
Sale
2,120
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
442
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,587
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,553
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
599
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,567
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
2,560
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.7685
Ordinary
Sale
2,552
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
2,560
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,839
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
4,000
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,552
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
734
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,562
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,795
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
759
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
449
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,787
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
3,064
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,556
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,562
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
735
1.7725
Ordinary
Sale
2,570
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,568
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,566
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
1,053
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
1,714
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,338
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
221
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
2,490
1.7695
Ordinary
Sale
7,143
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
6,648
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
4,985
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
6,647
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
4,985
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,023
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
2,006
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
1,302
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
330
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,880
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,447
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
1,427
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
1,625
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,820
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
5,875
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
887
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
1,371
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
402
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
1,427
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
3,114
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
500
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,063
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,425
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,197
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,473
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
5,569
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
928
1.781
Ordinary
Sale
535
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
2,563
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
1,231
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.77625
Ordinary
Sale
437
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
3,397
1.779
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,868
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,124
1.78
Ordinary
Sale
1,216
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.77825
Ordinary
Sale
652
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
1,180
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
638
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
171
1.77625
Ordinary
Sale
2,334
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
3,666
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.76025
Ordinary
Sale
3,293
1.76
Ordinary
Sale
1,625
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
5
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
4,136
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,403
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
4,342
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.775

Total Purchases
9,477,461


Total Sales
623,320

 
(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:
14/08/2017
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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