TIDMTSCO

RNS Number : 2859O

Tesco PLC

05 February 2016

On 4 February 2016, Tesco PLC received the following notification from Norges Bank of its interests in the Company as of 3 February 2016:

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                   Tesco Plc 
  the underlying issuer                                          GB0008847096 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                    Norges Bank 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               N/A 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                   03 February 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                      04 February 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                  Below 6% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the 
  of              to the triggering                   triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------  ----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                 Number            Number            Number          Number of                    % of voting 
                  of                of                of shares       voting                       rights (x) 
                  Shares            Voting                            rights 
                                    Rights 
--------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                     Direct          Direct          Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                      (xi)            (xii) 
--------------      ------------    ------------    --------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
  GB0008847096   497,451,517       497,451,517       483,433,977     483,433,977                  5.94% 
                ----------------  ----------------  --------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration      Exercise/                         Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument          date            Conversion                        rights that                    rights 
                      (xiii)          Period (xiv)                      may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
------------------  --------------  --------------------------------  -----------------------------  --------------------- 
 Shares on loan 
  - right to 
  recall             N/A             At any time                       20,540,560                     0.25% 
------------------  --------------  --------------------------------  -----------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Exercise        Expiration      Exercise/         Number of voting               % of voting 
 financial          price          date            Conversion         rights instrument              rights (xix, 
 instrument                        (xvii)          period             refers to                      xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
----------------  --------------  --------------  ----------------  -----------------------------  ----------------------- 
 N/A               N/A             N/A             N/A               N/A                            Nominal       Delta 
----------------  --------------  --------------  ----------------  -----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
                                                                                                    N/A           N/A 
--------------      ------------    ------------      ------------    ------------  -----------    ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 503,974,537                                           6.19% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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   N/A 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                   Norges Bank 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy               N/A 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will             N/A 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                     None 
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 14. Contact name:                               Sai Aanandha Shankhar 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                   +47 2407 3134 
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