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Form 8.3 - Booker Group Plc

21st Mar 2017 10:31

RNS Number : 0669A
Societe Generale SA
21 March 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

20/03/2017

(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:

43,601,492

2.45

1,094

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

38,089,396

2.14

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

43,601,492

2.45

38,090,490

2.14

 

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

2,095

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

7,395

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

4,190

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,095

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,095

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,301

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,875

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,095

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

964

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

36

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

100

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

801

1.988

Ordinary

Purchase

199

1.988

Ordinary

Purchase

883

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

710

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

850

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

123

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

1,019

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

5

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

2,183

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

641

1.987

Ordinary

Purchase

1,035

1.987

Ordinary

Purchase

644

1.988

Ordinary

Purchase

712

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

432

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

269

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

50

1.989

Ordinary

Purchase

713

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

692

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

789

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

269

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

50

1.989

Ordinary

Purchase

787

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

562

1.984

Ordinary

Purchase

556

1.985

Ordinary

Purchase

569

1.985

Ordinary

Purchase

694

1.985

Ordinary

Purchase

491

1.985

Ordinary

Purchase

1,491

1.986

Ordinary

Purchase

2,448

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

992

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

448

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

804

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

825

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

820

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

224

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

797

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

2,284

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

3,358

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

92

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

459

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

1,070

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

971

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

950

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

790

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

823

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

100

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

1,439

1.986

Ordinary

Purchase

175

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

1,699

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

1,121

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,247

1.992

Ordinary

Purchase

95

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

613

1.985

Ordinary

Purchase

769

1.991

Ordinary

Purchase

2,217

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

6,474

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

4,958

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

176

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

2,281

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

2,800

1.993

Ordinary

Purchase

1,371

1.993

Ordinary

Purchase

529

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

1,350

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

553

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

240

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

300

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

974

1.988

Ordinary

Purchase

78

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

1,404

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

1,197

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

3,152

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

598

1.988

Ordinary

Purchase

1,186

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

1,757

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

5,255

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

1,438

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

1,873

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

877

1.996

Ordinary

Purchase

5,171

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

5,255

1.998

Ordinary

Purchase

1,350

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

428

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

774

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

738

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

433

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

99

1.99

Ordinary

Purchase

21

1.986

Ordinary

Purchase

3,731

1.996

Ordinary

Sale

1,176

1.9980017

Ordinary

Sale

3,365

1.993

Ordinary

Sale

453

1.993

Ordinary

Sale

892

1.993

Total Purchases

131,911

Total Sales

5,886

 

(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:

21/03/2017

Contact name:

Olivier Vero

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6821 / 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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