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:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	TESCO PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Â	TESCO PLC
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	Â	21 August 2017
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	Â	YES 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	0	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		55,512,205		0.68%		49,213,974		0.60%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				38,091,377		0.47%		42,367,110		0.52%
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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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(4)
		TOTAL:		93,603,582		1.14%		91,581,084		1.12%

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		1,804,995		1.7727 GBP		1.739 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,190,121		1.7727 GBP		1.739 GBP
ADR		Purchase		6,046		6.9500 USD		6.8764 USD
ADR		Sale		6,046		6.9500 USD		6.8764 USD
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(b)		Cash-settled derivative transactions		Â		Â		Â
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of		Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		211		1.7683 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		366		1.7684 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,094		1.7620 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,861		1.7475 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,540		1.7503 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,370		1.7443 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,904		1.7483 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,116		1.7611 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,685		1.7444 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,927		1.7512 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,511		1.7509 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,779		1.7515 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,816		1.7513 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		17,538		1.7525 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,145		1.7502 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,517		1.7583 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,953		1.7501 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		40,103		1.7472 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		42,558		1.7517 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		45,855		1.7507 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		55,910		1.7650 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		64,005		1.7651 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		96,484		1.7693 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		145,612		1.7597 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		161,737		1.7547 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		183,318		1.7511 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		224,780		1.7508 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		224,780		1.7508 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		454,925		1.7667 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		848		1.7391 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,512		1.7536 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45,641		1.7690 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		48,908		1.7695 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		64,000		1.7619 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		100,920		1.7512 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		221,784		1.7523 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		301,533		1.7532 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		412,727		1.7497 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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	22 August 2017
Contact name:		Jay Supaya
Telephone number:		020 7773 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 [phone].

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

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