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TescoAnnouncement

06/11/2017 09:06

RNS Number : 6364V
Societe Generale SA
06 November 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
03/11/2017
(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: 16,252,815 Shares Interests and 23,493,005 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:
16,254,315
0.20
23,493,005
0.29
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
21,017,150
0.26
1,717,600
0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
11,000,000
0.13
14,953,000
0.18
 TOTAL:
48,271,465
0.59
40,163,605
0.49
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
30,267
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
2,171
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
1,971
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
1,493
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
549
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,919
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
353
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,400
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
3,511
1.797
Ordinary
Purchase
1,170
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
2,359
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
2,546
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,547
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
298
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
4,432
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,145
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
2,548
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
2,497
1.799
Ordinary
Purchase
270
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
97
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,007
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
8,964
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
5,240
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
993
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
3,711
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
4,849
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
1,022
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
1,458
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
4,499
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
2,475
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
4,947
1.795
Ordinary
Purchase
2,481
1.798
Ordinary
Purchase
1,940
1.798
Ordinary
Purchase
2,659
1.798
Ordinary
Purchase
4,765
1.792
Ordinary
Purchase
2,481
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
4,806
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
1,681
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
2,482
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
241
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
2,481
1.797
Ordinary
Purchase
4,021
1.7995
Ordinary
Purchase
3,074
1.799
Ordinary
Purchase
2,480
1.799
Ordinary
Purchase
364
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
861
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
512
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
1,673
1.7935
Ordinary
Purchase
2,479
1.7985
Ordinary
Purchase
2,480
1.799
Ordinary
Purchase
802
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
4,624
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
4,820
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
2,933
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
438
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
1,274
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
3,062
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
2,407
1.7895
Ordinary
Purchase
2,221
1.7895
Ordinary
Purchase
767
1.7925
Ordinary
Purchase
4,797
1.7925
Ordinary
Purchase
2,483
1.7975
Ordinary
Purchase
4,875
1.796
Ordinary
Purchase
904
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
4,476
1.796
Ordinary
Purchase
2,926
1.794
Ordinary
Purchase
1,578
1.7955
Ordinary
Purchase
3,063
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
438
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,039
1.793
Ordinary
Purchase
2,481
1.7995
Ordinary
Purchase
3,877
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
1,005
1.7962488
Ordinary
Purchase
3,916
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
1,958
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
2,567
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
3,915
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
1,957
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
3,916
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
3,915
1.791
Ordinary
Purchase
1,005
1.7965
Ordinary
Purchase
1,005
1.79625
Ordinary
Purchase
77,770
1.794701
Ordinary
Purchase
344,400
1.794425
Ordinary
Sale
3,597
1.7955
Ordinary
Sale
2,277
1.7955
Ordinary
Sale
2,998
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,538
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
804
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.788
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
209,467
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
25,804
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,123
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
8,964
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,660
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
822
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
3,106
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,622
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,610
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,873
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
6,273
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
5,793
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
25,804
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,073
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
19,680
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
7,085
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
530
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,222
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,976
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,405
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
400
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
815
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
1,976
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
1,085
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
1,394
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
12,254
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,652
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
724
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
1,636
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
4,793
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
455
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
18,050
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,371
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
1,750
1.7995
Ordinary
Sale
19
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,729
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,925
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
1,347
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
106
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
344
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,143
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
870
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
1,160,000
1.8
Ordinary
Sale
55
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
734
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,487
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
2,583
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,478
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
4,519
1.797
Ordinary
Sale
306
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,582
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,785
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
235
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,314
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
1,160
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
5,660
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
3,263
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,479
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,942
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
4,490
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
541
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,485
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
2,484
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
2,491
1.7875
Ordinary
Sale
1,646
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
1,551
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
3,001
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,845
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,473
1.7975
Ordinary
Sale
2,483
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
2,553
1.792
Ordinary
Sale
1,010
1.7975
Ordinary
Sale
2,474
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
2,466
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
864
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,476
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,505
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
12
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,486
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
1,584
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
891
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
911
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
925
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,632
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,491
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,484
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
2,556
1.7905
Ordinary
Sale
2,492
1.7875
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,632
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
984
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
4,605
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
4,497
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,552
1.792
Ordinary
Sale
2,940
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
1,506
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
2,336
1.792
Ordinary
Sale
4,210
1.792
Ordinary
Sale
781
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
2,474
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
875
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
829
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
599
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
723
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
2,559
1.79
Ordinary
Sale
1,888
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
917
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
900
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
1,583
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
1,881
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
598
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
820
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.7955
Ordinary
Sale
751
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
842
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
1,576
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
913
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
1,716
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
912
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
1,000
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
1,488
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
536
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,036
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
754
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
519
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
1,954
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
1,216
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,482
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,057
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
441
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
426
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
813
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
784
1.797
Ordinary
Sale
3,436
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
446
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
1,669
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,484
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
2,482
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
1,881
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
3,099
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
2,489
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,478
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
3,369
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
4,199
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
3,306
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,553
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,475
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
3,290
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
3,000
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
2,488
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
2,488
1.7885
Ordinary
Sale
2,476
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
839
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
960
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
1,519
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
6,315
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,476
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
958
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
784
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
2,484
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,668
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
882
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,483
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
2,484
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,772
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
781
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
1,643
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
835
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
1,554
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
934
1.789
Ordinary
Sale
2,480
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
1,296
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
2,480
1.7915
Ordinary
Sale
4,426
1.792
Ordinary
Sale
2,479
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
904
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,901
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
2,805
1.7945
Ordinary
Sale
3,057
1.7975
Ordinary
Sale
2,171
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
111
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,494
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
1,841
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
651
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,487
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
504
1.7955
Ordinary
Sale
1,790
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,994
1.7965
Ordinary
Sale
1,817
1.7925
Ordinary
Sale
72
1.793
Ordinary
Sale
2,805
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
1,971
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
117
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
2,492
1.795
Ordinary
Sale
477
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,016
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
1,658
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
834
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
1,827
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
664
1.796
Ordinary
Sale
2,492
1.7955
Ordinary
Sale
331
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
2,170
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
446
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
2,044
1.7935
Ordinary
Sale
251
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
12,970
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
4,751
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
49,684
1.791
Ordinary
Sale
475,133
1.794
Ordinary
Sale
344,400
1.794425

Total Purchases
650,283


Total Sales
2,772,380

  
(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
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Selling
4,000,000
1.600
American
21/09/18
0.0925
(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:
06/11/2017
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
Ordinary Shares
Listed Put Option
Sale
4,000,000
1.600
American options
21/09/2018
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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