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TescoAnnouncement

30/10/2017 10:55

RNS Number : 9669U
Societe Generale SA
30 October 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
27/10/2017
(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: 13,234,171 Shares Interests and 22,612,227 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:
13,235,671
0.16
22,612,227
0.28
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
20,347,599
0.25
1,757,820
0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
7,000,000
0.09
14,953,000
0.18
 TOTAL:
40,583,270
0.50
39,323,047
0.48
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
14
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
5
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,664
1.858
Ordinary
Purchase
1,527
1.8555
Ordinary
Purchase
2
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
4,378
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
515
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,878
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,952
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
550
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
2,679
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
2,599
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
2,598
1.8555
Ordinary
Purchase
1,139
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
2,919
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
15,136
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
4,212
1.8565005
Ordinary
Purchase
5,630
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
1,422
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
1,876
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
3,753
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
1,877
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
3,753
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
3,752
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
6,083
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,932
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
4,215
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
2,457
1.859
Ordinary
Purchase
382
1.858
Ordinary
Purchase
1,191
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.8575
Ordinary
Purchase
1,640
1.8575
Ordinary
Purchase
4,405
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
2,000
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
907
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,847
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
135
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,388
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
43
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
2,395
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
2,416
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,302
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,384
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,384
1.859
Ordinary
Purchase
1,351
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
3,376
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
3,177
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,672
1.8605
Ordinary
Purchase
719
1.8605
Ordinary
Purchase
424
1.858
Ordinary
Purchase
3,955
1.858
Ordinary
Purchase
769
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
429
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
738
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
1,123
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
2,392
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
4,441
1.859
Ordinary
Purchase
2,392
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
4,566
1.859
Ordinary
Purchase
2,383
1.859
Ordinary
Purchase
3,497
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
2,381
1.8585
Ordinary
Purchase
42,472
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
53,149
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
19,566
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
252
1.8525
Ordinary
Purchase
1,620
1.8525
Ordinary
Purchase
1,203
1.855
Ordinary
Purchase
1,438
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
1,529
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
1,529
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
2,025
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,390
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
4,094
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
735
1.8565
Ordinary
Purchase
1,986
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
4,682
1.857
Ordinary
Purchase
5,696,286
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,323
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
504
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,349
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
843
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
368
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,254
1.85625
Ordinary
Sale
2,558
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
842
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
2,815
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
359
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
1,858
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
327
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,529
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
3,514
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
2,408
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
971
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,063
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
2,612
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
1,400
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,963
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
4,432
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,422
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
42,472
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
3,752
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,877
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
3,753
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
5,630
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
17,239
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,203
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
15,419
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,534
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,139
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
40,579
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
24,761
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
3,150
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
7,189
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,857
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
5,084
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,733
1.859
Ordinary
Sale
2,821
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,746
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,559
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,250
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
11
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
182
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
329
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
1,250
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
1,250
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,250
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,617
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
1,317
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,459
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
230
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
3,165
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
3,325
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,205
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,391
1.8535
Ordinary
Sale
2,642
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,470
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,389
1.854
Ordinary
Sale
870
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,517
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,727
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,031
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,187
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
600
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
755
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,200
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,137
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,390
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,391
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
133
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,995
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,379
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,052
1.8595
Ordinary
Sale
2,389
1.859
Ordinary
Sale
3,145
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,394
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
3,179
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
951
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,391
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,571
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
3,248
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,408
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
3,218
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
3,255
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
3,190
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,141
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
4,289
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
981
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
699
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
2,725
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
163
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
1,409
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
930
1.8645
Ordinary
Sale
612
1.8645
Ordinary
Sale
4,394
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,523
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
860
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,394
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,394
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
2,393
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
3,099
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,383
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,898
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
3,227
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,164
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
4,119
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
2,386
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,042
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,017
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
3,161
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,564
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
2,391
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,457
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
2,710
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
2,058
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
381
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
641
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
486
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
1,575
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
859
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
1,591
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,392
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,390
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
3,557
1.854
Ordinary
Sale
709
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
2,258
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
942
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
3,251
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,802
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
1,248
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
2,676
1.8605
Ordinary
Sale
3,419
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
4,372
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
1,826
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
4,552
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
4,184
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
1,739
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
14,301
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
4,606
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
424
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
3,435
1.8545
Ordinary
Sale
3,441
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
2,378
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,379
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,032
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
1,502
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,442
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
842
1.859
Ordinary
Sale
2,394
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,630
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,376
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
2,049
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
761
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
3,004
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
2,457
1.858
Ordinary
Sale
1,889
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
489
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,389
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
3,087
1.852
Ordinary
Sale
2,005
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,825
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
3,192
1.8535
Ordinary
Sale
543
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
2,593
1.859
Ordinary
Sale
1,989
1.8595
Ordinary
Sale
2,389
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
4,000
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
3,504
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,073
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,583
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
2,952
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
321
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
1,729
1.8555
Ordinary
Sale
1,745
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
972
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,316
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
352
1.86
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8585
Ordinary
Sale
703
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,760
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
2,057
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.8565
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,710
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
469
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
1,711
1.857
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.856
Ordinary
Sale
1,200
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
528
1.855
Ordinary
Sale
618,652
1.854593
Ordinary
Sale
4,682
1.8575
Ordinary
Sale
5,696,286
1.8565

Total Purchases
5,985,077


Total Sales
6,892,227

  
(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
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
618,652
1.854593
(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:
30/10/2017
Contact name:
Olivier Vero
Telephone number:
+44 20 7676 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 Call Option
Sale
2,000,000
1.850
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Call Option
Sale
1,000,000
1.90
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
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
Purchase
40,000
1.400
American options
21/12/2018
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Purchase
24,000
1.400
American options
21/09/2018
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
Listed Put Option
Sale
1,000,000
1.700
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Sale
1,000,000
1.850
American options
15/12/2017
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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