Man Group plc Man Group Plc : Form 8.3 - [Tesco -3-

TIDMEMG TIDMTSCO

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: Man Group Plc

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions N/A

disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant Tesco plc

securities this form relates:

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, N/A

state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 15(th) November 2017

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the YES / NO / N/A

discloser making disclosures in respect of any other If YES, specify which:

party to the offer? Booker Group plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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: 26,922,109 0.3287 0 0

(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 35,425,793 0.4325 23,970,008 0.2926

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell: 25,484,000 0.3111 10,030,000 0.1225

TOTAL: 87,831,902 1.0723 34,000,008 0.4151

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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit

security

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of Nature of dealing Number of

relevant Product description e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing reference Price per unit

security e.g. CFD a long/short position securities (GBP)

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,200 1.84850

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 59,302 1.84850

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 596 1.84910

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 336 1.84950

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 26,927 1.84910

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 36,745 1.84910

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 314 1.84850

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,216 1.84850

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,410 1.84910

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 701 1.84950

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,279 1.85130

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 34,823 1.88560

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 41,276 1.87830

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 42,309 1.86760

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 45,277 1.85460

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 61,035 1.85190

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 49,057 1.85200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,888 1.84950

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16,394 1.84600

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,863 1.84040

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 83,735 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 171,159 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 15,721 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 78,044 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 131,294 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 131,295 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,205 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9,560 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 842 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16,167 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 17,847 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,175 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 41,086 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 202,377 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 92,621 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 227,857 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 227,856 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,828 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16,590 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,462 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28,056 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 30,972 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19,394 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 71,304 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 351,216 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 160,741 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,209 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 135,070 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 294,996 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,389 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16,828 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,973 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19,974 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28,311 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28,311 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 475 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,061 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 181 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,486 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,848 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,409 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,860 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 43,642 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10,736 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 53,304 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,910 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 24,378 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 41,020 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 41,020 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 688 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,986 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 262 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,050 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,576 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,491 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12,837 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 63,232 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 28,941 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 53,130 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18,432 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,451 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,205 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,269 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,269 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 189 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 820 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 72 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,387 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,531 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 959 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,527 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 17,372 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,952 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 45,745 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,223 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20,969 1.84380

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 35,724 1.85240

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 35,724 1.85180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 599 1.84060

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,601 1.84200

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 228 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,398 1.84070

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,856 1.84090

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,040 1.84050

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,180 1.84180

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 55,069 1.84410

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 25,205 1.83650

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18,191 1.85030

5p

ordinary CFD Opening a short position 10,300 1.84930

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 23,700 1.85280

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,600 1.85280

5p

ordinary CFD Opening a short position 5,900 1.84930

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,800 1.85280

5p

ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 35,100 1.85280

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option

relevant description purchasing, securities price e.g. American, European etc. date money

security e.g. call selling, to which per paid/

option varying option unit received

etc. relates per

unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of Product description Exercising/ Number of Exercise

relevant e.g. call option exercised securities price per

security against unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit

security e.g. subscription, conversion (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

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"

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"

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES/NO

Date of disclosure: 16(th) November 2017

Contact name: Matthew Irwin

Telephone number: 02071447255

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory

Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at

monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS,

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure: Man Group Plc

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant Tesco plc

securities the disclosure relates:

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Product Exercise

Class of description price

relevant e.g. call Written or Number of securities to which option or derivative per Type Expiry

security option purchased relates unit e.g. American, European etc. date

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 347 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,654 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 806 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 402 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 689 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,290 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 2,215 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 2,237 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 3,847 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 278 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 476 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 371 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 600 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 115 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Call Option Purchased 197 1.95 American 19/01/2018

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 2,747 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 4,769 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 592 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 858 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 247 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Purchased 747 1.7 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 2,767 1.8 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 4,804 1.8 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 596 1.8 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 863 1.8 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 248 1.8 American 17/11/2017

5p

ordinary Put Option Written 752 1.8 American 17/11/2017

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of

the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open

Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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 announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf

of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.

The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely

responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information

contained therein.

Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire

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