Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - TESCO PLC
BARCLAYS PLC
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Name of exempt principal trader: | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | TESCO PLC | |||
 | relevant securities this form relates: |  | |||
(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | TESCO PLC | |||
 | principal trader is connected |  | |||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 15 June 2017 | |||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | YES: | |||
 | trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | BOOKER GROUP PLC |
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(b), 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: | Â | 0.05p ORD | |||||||||
 | Interests |  | Short Positions | ||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 34,779,132 | 0.42% | 42,183,558 | 0.52% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
35,819,960 | 0.44% | 25,632,789 | 0.31% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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(4) |
TOTAL: | 70,599,092 | 0.86% | 67,816,347 | 0.83% |
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 Form 8 (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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Total number of | Â | Highest price per unit | Â | Lowest price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | paid/received | paid/received | |||||
0.05p ORD | Purchase | 2,099,897 | 1.8365 GBP | 1.7945 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | Sale | 4,666,563 | 1.8538 GBP | 1.7945 GBP | |||||
ADR | Purchase | 55,190 | 6.9299 USD | 6.9299 USD | |||||
ADR | Sale | 55,190 | 6.9299 USD | 6.9299 USD | |||||
ADR | Purchase | 49,124 |
6.9029 USD |
6.9029 USD |
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ADR | Sale | 49,124 |
6.9029 USD |
6.9029 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 774 | 1.8061 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,269 | 1.8259 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,334 | 1.8157 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Long | 2,688 | 1.8538 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,204 | 1.8540 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,654 | 1.8089 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 5,844 | 1.7973 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 6,061 | 1.8190 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 7,667 | 1.8004 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 7,705 | 1.8118 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 7,918 | 1.7995 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 8,230 | 1.8302 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 12,637 | 1.7996 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Long | 12,924 | 1.8013 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 13,372 | 1.8078 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 21,120 | 1.8020 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 22,560 | 1.8080 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 24,037 | 1.8200 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 38,664 | 1.8032 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 39,398 | 1.8034 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Long | 53,297 | 1.8015 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 53,297 | 1.8015 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 65,468 | 1.8043 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Long | 92,050 | 1.8126 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Long | 147,372 | 1.7961 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 171,891 | 1.8028 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 190,773 | 1.8149 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,193,477 | 1.8059 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 879 | 1.8201 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 1,342 | 1.8016 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 2,506 | 1.8021 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 2,534 | 1.8091 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 3,525 | 1.8227 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 4,143 | 1.8018 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Short | 6,777 | 1.8495 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 14,227 | 1.7985 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Short | 38,530 | 1.8199 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 40,000 | 1.7987 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 78,120 | 1.7996 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 373,455 | 1.7995 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Short | 373,455 | 1.7995 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | CFD | Short | 657,055 | 1.8050 GBP | |||||
0.05p ORD | SWAP | Short | 657,055 | 1.8050 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
Product description
e.g. call option |
 | Exercising/ exercised against |  | Number of securities |  | Exercise price per unit |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Â |
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion |
 | Details |  | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 16 Jun 2017 | ||
Contact name: | Hemika Mistry | ||
Telephone number: | 020 7116 3891 |
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.
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