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Form 8.3 - BOOKER GROUP PLC

15th Nov 2017 10:21

RNS Number : 5657W
Societe Generale SA
15 November 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

14/11/2017

(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:

32,861,274

1.84

645,974

0.04

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

27,567,157

1.54

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

32,861,274

1.84

28,213,131

1.58

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

30,393

2.12

Ordinary

Purchase

6,431

2.12

Ordinary

Purchase

1,599

2.111

Ordinary

Purchase

1,030

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

1,074

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

2,206

2.129

Ordinary

Purchase

2,207

2.127

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.128

Ordinary

Purchase

2,207

2.118

Ordinary

Purchase

2,004

2.118

Ordinary

Purchase

1,379

2.134

Ordinary

Purchase

2,345

2.136

Ordinary

Purchase

1,676

2.097

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.099

Ordinary

Purchase

462

2.099

Ordinary

Purchase

5,000

2.091

Ordinary

Purchase

2,009

2.12

Ordinary

Purchase

3,561

2.132

Ordinary

Purchase

1,192

2.132

Ordinary

Purchase

950

2.132

Ordinary

Purchase

321

2.131

Ordinary

Purchase

493

2.131

Ordinary

Purchase

4,900

2.131

Ordinary

Purchase

2,321

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

2,314

2.127

Ordinary

Purchase

159

2.111

Ordinary

Purchase

2,105

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.08

Ordinary

Purchase

606

2.127

Ordinary

Purchase

1,601

2.127

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

2.127

Ordinary

Purchase

2,383

2.1

Ordinary

Purchase

1,593

2.082

Ordinary

Purchase

2,791

2.097

Ordinary

Purchase

2,513

2.097

Ordinary

Purchase

1,046

2.097

Ordinary

Purchase

1,889

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

1,671

2.111

Ordinary

Purchase

1,089

2.111

Ordinary

Purchase

3,286

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

59

2.13

Ordinary

Purchase

274,139

2.090043

Ordinary

Sale

523

2.121

Ordinary

Sale

713

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

1,552

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

175

2.109

Ordinary

Sale

563

2.112

Ordinary

Sale

986

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

1,052

2.09

Ordinary

Sale

2,029

2.09

Ordinary

Sale

1,276

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

1,646

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

683

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

113

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

725

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

1,253

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

4,479

2.05

Ordinary

Sale

1,194

2.081

Ordinary

Sale

836

2.081

Ordinary

Sale

2,029

2.082

Ordinary

Sale

703

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

355

2.085

Ordinary

Sale

1,785

2.085

Ordinary

Sale

84

2.086

Ordinary

Sale

2,223

2.086

Ordinary

Sale

2,245

2.087

Ordinary

Sale

1,800

2.03

Ordinary

Sale

1,992

2.08

Ordinary

Sale

1,964

2.083

Ordinary

Sale

27

2.083

Ordinary

Sale

975

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

1,271

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

93

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

3

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

88

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

3

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

14,856

2.12

Ordinary

Sale

1,812

2.12

Ordinary

Sale

25

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

12

2.091

Ordinary

Sale

1

2.127

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.131

Ordinary

Sale

1,092

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

288

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

760

2.119

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.12

Ordinary

Sale

1,480

2.119

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.114

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

958

2.099

Ordinary

Sale

1,282

2.099

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.108

Ordinary

Sale

540

2.125

Ordinary

Sale

1,700

2.125

Ordinary

Sale

98

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

3

2.089

Ordinary

Sale

1,921

2.106

Ordinary

Sale

319

2.106

Ordinary

Sale

303

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.123

Ordinary

Sale

557

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

1,877

2.127

Ordinary

Sale

363

2.127

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.108

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

2.11

Ordinary

Sale

438

2.113

Ordinary

Sale

274,139

2.090043

Total Purchases

381,004

Total Sales

360,182

(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

 

(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:

15/11/2017

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
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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