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Form 8.3 - Booker Group Plc

4th Dec 2017 09:55

RNS Number : 2744Y
Societe Generale SA
04 December 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:

Société Générale 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

 Booker Group 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

01/12/2017

(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: Tesco 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

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

23,175,401

1.30

376,111

0.02

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

13,004,008

0.73

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

23,175,401

1.30

13,380,119

0.75

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 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

974

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

1,237

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

919

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

4,429

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

2,764

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

151

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

2,200

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

682

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

1,710

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

5,446

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

3,209

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

465

2.201

Ordinary

Purchase

2,543

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

3,024

2.18

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,869

2.18

Ordinary

Purchase

5,451

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

660

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,832

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

3,335

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

855

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

855

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

2,271

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,456

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

331

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

2,717

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

5,608

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

368

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.201

Ordinary

Purchase

893

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

137

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

911

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

817

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

2,872

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

8,067

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

689

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

5,871

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

1,451

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

8,798

2.18

Ordinary

Purchase

696

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

4,123

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

2,861

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

3,204

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,126

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

4,753

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

3,088

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,423

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

12,751

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

1,102

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

4,823

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

1,835

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

6,242

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

855

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

2,197

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

4,622

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

1,573

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,735

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

375

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

938

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

234

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

325

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

456

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

1,038

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

2,429

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

1,253

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

5,554

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

394

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,953

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

80

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,955

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

550

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

33

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

5

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

260

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

210

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

844

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,169

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

300

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

32

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,981

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.185

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.201

Ordinary

Purchase

249

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

500

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

258

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

269

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,495

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1,530

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

969

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

483

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

11

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

450

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

594

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

370

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

210

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

6

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

52

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

92

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

387

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

687

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

300

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

199

2.197

Ordinary

Purchase

198

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

225

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

100

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

3

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

939

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.187

Ordinary

Purchase

98

2.179

Ordinary

Purchase

5

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

1,975

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

38

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

94

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

1,954

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

425

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,588

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

3

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

792

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,221

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.196

Ordinary

Purchase

624

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

1,389

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

2,011

2.187

Ordinary

Purchase

452

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

1,561

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

1,941

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

72

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

1

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

7

2.195

Ordinary

Purchase

2,013

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

93

2.186

Ordinary

Purchase

145

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

453

2.185

Ordinary

Purchase

668

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1,343

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

903

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

86

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

1,177

2.1895

Ordinary

Purchase

1,068

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

943

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

2,011

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

453

2.199

Ordinary

Purchase

2,011

2.198

Ordinary

Purchase

2,241

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

1,185

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

315

2.184

Ordinary

Purchase

1,751

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

500

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

460

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

106

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

653

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

555

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

132

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

448

2.18

Ordinary

Purchase

94

2.18

Ordinary

Purchase

753

2.188

Ordinary

Purchase

69

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

103

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

71

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

1,320

2.179

Ordinary

Purchase

726

2.179

Ordinary

Purchase

1,002

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

50

2.194

Ordinary

Purchase

418

2.191

Ordinary

Purchase

412

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

431

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

829

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

469

2.19

Ordinary

Purchase

328

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

774

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

5,614

2.192

Ordinary

Purchase

89

2.179

Ordinary

Purchase

522

2.189

Ordinary

Purchase

1

2.199

Ordinary

Purchase

59

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

15

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

3

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

1

2.193

Ordinary

Purchase

12

2.192

Ordinary

Sale

5,057

2.18

Ordinary

Sale

189

2.19

Ordinary

Sale

1,549

2.19

Ordinary

Sale

571

2.19

Ordinary

Sale

1,185

2.189

Ordinary

Sale

20,100

2.189

Ordinary

Sale

1,253

2.189

Ordinary

Sale

4,123

2.189

Ordinary

Sale

141

2.197

Ordinary

Sale

563,149

2.19166

Total Purchases

262,592

Total Sales

597,317

(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

Ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

563,149

2.19166

 

(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

 

(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?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

04/12/2017

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.

 

This information is provided by RNS
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