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IMPORTANT: You must read the following disclaimer before continuing. The following disclaimer applies to the attached Tender Offer Memorandum (the Tender Offer Memorandum) and you are therefore required to read this disclaimer page carefully before accessing, reading or making any other use of the Tender Offer Memorandum. By accessing the Tender Offer Memorandum, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them from time to time, each time you receive any information from BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs International and/or RBC Europe Limited (together the Dealer Managers) and/or D.F. King Ltd. (the Information and Tender Agent) as a result of such access. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this disclaimer shall have the meaning given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND TO PERSONS TO WHOM IT IS OTHERWISE LAWFUL TO SEND THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM. ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS UNAUTHORISED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE MAY RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS.
Confirmation of your representation: In order to be eligible to view the Tender Offer Memorandum or make an investment decision with respect to the Offers (as defined below), you must be outside the United States and otherwise able to participate lawfully in the invitations by Tesco PLC (the Company) to holders of its outstanding (a) €600,000,000 5.125 per cent. Notes due 2047 (ISIN: XS0295018070) (the 2047 Notes), (b) £200,000,000 6 per cent. Notes due 2029 (ISIN: XS0105244585) (the 2029 Notes), (c) £200,000,000 5.50 per cent. Notes due 2033 (ISIN: XS0159013142) (the 2033 Notes), (d) £300,000,000 4.875 per cent. Notes due 2042 (ISIN: XS0248395245) (the 2042 Notes) and (e) £500,000,000 5.20 per cent. Notes due 2057 (ISIN: XS0289810318) (the 2057 Notes and, together with the 2029 Notes, the 2033 Notes, the 2047 Notes and the 2042 Notes, the Notes) to tender their Notes for purchase by the Company for cash (each an Offer and together the Offers) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum including the offer and distribution restrictions set out on pages 6 to 7 (the Offer and Distribution Restrictions). The Tender Offer Memorandum was sent at your request and by accessing the Tender Offer Memorandum you shall be deemed to have represented to the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Information and Tender Agent that:
- you are a holder or a beneficial owner of the Notes;
- the electronic mail address that you have given to us and to which the Tender Offer Memorandum has been delivered is not located in the United States;
- you are a person to whom it is lawful to send the Tender Offer Memorandum or to make an invitation pursuant to the Offers, in accordance with applicable laws, including the Offer and Distribution Restrictions;
- you are not in and are not resident in the United States;
- you have not and will not send any copy of the Tender Offer Memorandum and you have not used and will not use, directly or indirectly, the mails of, or a means of communication or other means or instrumentality of commerce or the facilities of a United States securities exchange in relation to the Offers;
- you are not a Sanctions Restricted Person (as defined in the Tender Offer Memorandum); and
- you consent to delivery of the Tender Offer Memorandum by electronic transmission.
The Tender Offer Memorandum has been sent to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none of the Company, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any person who controls, or is a director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate of, any such person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the Tender Offer Memorandum distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from the Dealer Managers or the Information and Tender Agent.
You are also reminded that the Tender Offer Memorandum has been sent to you on the basis that you are a person into whose possession the Tender Offer Memorandum may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located or resident and you may not, nor are you authorised to, deliver the Tender Offer Memorandum to any other person.
Any materials relating to the Offers do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, any form of offer or solicitation in any place where such offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that an Offer be made by a licensed broker or dealer and any Dealer Manager or any of the Dealer Managers' respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, such Offer shall be deemed to be made by such Dealer Manager or affiliate, as the case may be, on behalf of the Company in such jurisdiction.
The Tender Offer Memorandum may only be communicated to persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 does not apply.
Restrictions: Nothing in this electronic transmission constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.
The distribution of the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession the Tender Offer Memorandum comes are required by the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Information and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.