Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) TESCO PLC

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 (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

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
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)		Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		TESCO PLC
Â		principal trader is connected		Â
(d)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		10 August 2017
(e)		In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal		YES:
Â		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	Â	Â	5p ordinary	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		52,143,544		0.64%		45,591,154		0.56%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				34,928,946		0.43%		39,609,836		0.48%
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(3)		Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
		and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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		TOTAL:		87,072,490		1.06%		85,200,990		1.04%

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
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,958,666		1.8036 GBP		1.7612 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,697,700		1.8035 GBP		1.7612 GBP
ADR		Purchase		26,815		6.9822 USD		6.9784 USD
ADR		Sale		26,815		6.9822 USD		6.9784 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
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		534		1.7685 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,194		1.7613 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,994		1.7695 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,892		1.7688 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,514		1.7819 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,760		1.7717 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,049		1.7726 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,400		1.7655 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,976		1.7658 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,055		1.7822 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,299		1.7736 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,181		1.7935 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,821		1.7732 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,484		1.7891 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,327		1.7781 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,099		1.7757 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,844		1.7883 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		41,184		1.7693 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		43,534		1.7742 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		50,883		1.7720 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		76,902		1.7876 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		115,605		1.7752 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		166,698		1.7750 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		440,960		1.7689 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		783,118		1.7700 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		985		1.7756 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,441		1.7676 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,442		1.7716 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,516		1.7885 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,714		1.7715 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,969		1.7606 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,497		1.8036 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,646		1.7648 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,699		1.7769 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,766		1.7700 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		15,566		1.7701 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		16,344		1.7744 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		22,656		1.7687 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		46,531		1.7653 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		65,928		1.7683 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		67,014		1.7745 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		149,421		1.7678 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		186,285		1.7665 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		235,843		1.7722 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		293,793		1.7698 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Exercising/ exercised against

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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”

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”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		11 Aug 2017
Contact name:		Femi Badmos
Telephone number:		020 3555 1125

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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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