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TescoAnnouncement

15/08/2017 09:55

RNS Number : 0204O
Societe Generale SA
15 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
14/08/2017
(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: 23,155,615 Shares Interests and 29,681,466 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:
23,157,115
0.28
29,681,466
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:
62,830,136
0.77
46,228,256
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
948
1.7615
Ordinary
Purchase
2,608
1.76175
Ordinary
Purchase
926
1.7615
Ordinary
Purchase
700
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
480
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
597
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
808
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
923
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,650
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
620
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
500
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
480
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
480
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
91
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
121
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,511
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
82
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
2,574
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
1,693
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
3,386
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,693
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
5,078
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
3,328
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
5,078
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
3,385
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
3,385
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
5,554
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
3,290
1.7745
Ordinary
Purchase
1,424
1.7745
Ordinary
Purchase
447
1.7745
Ordinary
Purchase
2,914
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
3,018
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
4,128
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,911
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
3,097
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
5,036
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
2,574
1.766
Ordinary
Purchase
4,677
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
3,706
1.7645
Ordinary
Purchase
1,962
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
1,338
1.7665
Ordinary
Purchase
4,339
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
4,493
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
2,718
1.767
Ordinary
Purchase
3,020
1.7695
Ordinary
Purchase
3,124
1.768
Ordinary
Purchase
3,135
1.7675
Ordinary
Purchase
5,850
1.7655
Ordinary
Purchase
3,528
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
3,303
1.77
Ordinary
Purchase
3,171
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
896
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
436
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
1,114
1.769
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
15,875
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
6,350
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
6,350
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000
1.762
Ordinary
Purchase
2,247
1.762
Ordinary
Purchase
749
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
803
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
618
1.7645
Ordinary
Purchase
3,522
1.7645
Ordinary
Purchase
767
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
746
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,349
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,024
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
795
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
748
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
2,124
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,060
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,481
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
688
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
732
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
708
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
223
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
119
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
156,640
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
25,958
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,200
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
1,220
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
1,888
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
388
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,816
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
103,409
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,110
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,909
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,200
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,816
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,572
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
170
1.7615
Ordinary
Purchase
346
1.762
Ordinary
Purchase
772
1.762
Ordinary
Purchase
41,604
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
17
1.765
Ordinary
Purchase
2,572
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,500
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
808
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
412
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
110
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,573
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,578
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,125
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
959
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
1,774
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
808
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
1,339
1.764
Ordinary
Purchase
255
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
4,623
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
108
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
249
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
269
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
799
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
921
1.7635
Ordinary
Purchase
686
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
2,786
1.763
Ordinary
Purchase
115
1.7625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,573
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
465
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,240
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,132
1.771
Ordinary
Sale
2,392
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.777
Ordinary
Sale
1,036
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
1,428
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
1,629
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
101
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
3,169
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
1,843
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,228
1.76325
Ordinary
Sale
4,620
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
1,163
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
77
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,491
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
5,516
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,573
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
1,471
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
757
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,282
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
1,872
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
1,225
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
4,103
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
227
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,350
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
576
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,291
1.777
Ordinary
Sale
2,881
1.773
Ordinary
Sale
2,140
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
2,978
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
2,922
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
1,400
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.7755
Ordinary
Sale
2,006
1.776
Ordinary
Sale
3,000
1.769
Ordinary
Sale
6,737
1.769
Ordinary
Sale
1,588
1.769
Ordinary
Sale
222
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
327
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
2,308
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
936
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
2,567
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
443
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
1,181
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
1,862
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
2,803
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
2,802
1.768
Ordinary
Sale
1,476
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
609
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,018
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
862
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
2,648
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,130
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
1,647
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
3,073
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,725
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
921
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,561
1.7735
Ordinary
Sale
2,636
1.774
Ordinary
Sale
2,644
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
1,799
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
776
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
1,682
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,575
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,969
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
1,369
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,647
1.7675
Ordinary
Sale
2,554
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
1,111
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,576
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,257
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,627
1.778
Ordinary
Sale
320
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,634
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
712
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
3,061
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
1,245
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
419
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,157
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
1,001
1.7785
Ordinary
Sale
2,649
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,676
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
343
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,556
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,576
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,943
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
112
1.7795
Ordinary
Sale
3,525
1.7655
Ordinary
Sale
901
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
509
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
1,792
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
764
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.766
Ordinary
Sale
2,575
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
938
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,140
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
438
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
3,007
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
2,576
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,573
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
3,153
1.772
Ordinary
Sale
996
1.769
Ordinary
Sale
2,579
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
2,576
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
2,552
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,210
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
2,709
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,579
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
3,986
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
3,215
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
3,830
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
3,251
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
1,169
1.764
Ordinary
Sale
3,223
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
3,302
1.7645
Ordinary
Sale
598
1.773
Ordinary
Sale
2,917
1.773
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.773
Ordinary
Sale
3,103
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.7765
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.7665
Ordinary
Sale
1,248
1.7635
Ordinary
Sale
2,194
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,629
1.777
Ordinary
Sale
1,252
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
1,072
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
1,484
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
1,849
1.767
Ordinary
Sale
2,151
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
849
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
311
1.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,574
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
4,801
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,769
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
4,000
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,877
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
2,500
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
3,114
1.765
Ordinary
Sale
82
1.7775
Ordinary
Sale
2,829
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
16
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
4,832
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
4,874
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
931
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
864
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
447
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
3,500
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
3,126
1.7615
Ordinary
Sale
9,961
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
77
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,587
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
215
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,327
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,848
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
497
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,090
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,295
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,587
1.7745
Ordinary
Sale
1,500
1.7705
Ordinary
Sale
2,573
1.763
Ordinary
Sale
3,125
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
3,328
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
7,385
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
18,626
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
55,431
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
28,896
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
14,011
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
1,548
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
33,389
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,361
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
5,078
1.7625
Ordinary
Sale
2,491
1.7625

Total Purchases
655,633


Total Sales
535,787

 
(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:
15/08/2017
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.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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