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)   Name of exempt principal trader:   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: 20 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:       5p ordinary
Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 36,808,480 0.45% 48,516,997 0.59%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
41,223,835 0.50% 27,477,061 0.34%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 78,032,315 0.95% 75,994,058 0.93%

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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Total number of   Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit
security   securities paid/received paid/received
5p ordinary Purchase 4,629,670 1.7330 GBP 1.6745 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 4,932,297 1.7207 GBP 1.6747 GBP
ADR Purchase 7,557 6.4068 USD 6.4068 USD
ADR Sale 7,557 6.4068 USD 6.4068 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
5p ordinary CFD Long 3 1.7133 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 2,929 1.7131 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 2,982 1.6960 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 6,451 1.7328 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 15,351 1.7329 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 16,671 1.6868 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 29,773 1.6812 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 35,400 1.6857 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 39,563 1.7063 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 49,143 1.6944 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 51,805 1.6814 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 58,828 1.7033 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 67,923 1.6808 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 148,948 1.7018 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 215,979 1.6920 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 306,788 1.6872 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 556,210 1.6961 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 847,107 1.6821 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 326 1.7251 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 1,091 1.6933 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 1,222 1.6965 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 1,544 1.7016 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 1,712 1.6839 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 1,797 1.6960 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 1,895 1.6781 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 3,501 1.7070 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 3,872 1.6976 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 3,927 1.7084 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 4,036 1.7091 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 4,079 1.7073 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 5,444 1.6821 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 5,502 1.7020 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 5,668 1.7009 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 5,984 1.7124 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 7,383 1.6981 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 18,031 1.6937 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 22,620 1.6884 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 24,149 1.6922 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 25,000 1.6785 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 25,000 1.6814 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 25,000 1.6846 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 25,000 1.6855 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 27,101 1.6811 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 27,541 1.6828 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 40,087 1.6942 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 46,292 1.7014 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 48,653 1.6866 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 52,945 1.6861 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 53,522 1.6945 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 55,071 1.6807 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 58,973 1.6863 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 300,688 1.6929 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 496,758 1.6907 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 561,075 1.6810 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 561,075 1.6810 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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security   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   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?   NO
Date of disclosure: 21 Jun 2017
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 0207 773 0635

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.

Companies

Tesco (TSCO)
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