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RNS Number : 3908W
AllianzGI-Global Equity Business
26 April 2016 
 
Amendment                                                                     
                                  FORM 8.3 
 
PUBLIC 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:                                                                                                                                                                                                         Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit  
 (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                                                                                            J Sainsbury 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                                                                                        22 April 2016                                           
 (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 - Home Retail Group 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:                                                         28 4/7p ordinary shares(incl ADRs)  
                                                                                     Interests                           Short positions  
 Number                                                                              %                                   Number           %          
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                    17,906,264                          0.93%                              
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                            4,000,000  0.21%  
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                       220,000    0.01%  
 TOTAL:                                                                              17,906,264                          0.93%            4,420,000  0.22%  
 
 
 Class of relevant security:                                                         Convertible bonds due November 2019 - XS1139087933  
                                                                                     Interests                                           Short positions  
 Number                                                                              %                                                   Number           %  
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                    3,000,000                                           0.16%                 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                                                 
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                                            
 TOTAL:                                                                              3,000,000                                           0.16%                 
 
 
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  
 XS1139087933                Sale           2,000,000             1.0975 GBP      
 
 
(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. CFD  Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
 
(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  Typee.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 
 
(ii)        Exercise 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. call option  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                                                                                                                                                
 
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (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  
 
 
 Date of disclosure:  25 April 2016         
 Contact name:        Sujith Sudevan        
 Telephone number:    +44 (0) 20 3246 7578  
 
 
Telephone number: 
 
+44 (0) 20 3246 7578 
 
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 OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR
SELL ETC. 
 
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed:                              Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit  
 Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:  J Sainsbury Plc                                         
 
 
2.         OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Written or purchased  Number of securities to which option or derivative relates  Exercise price per unit  Typee.g.American, European etc.  Expiry date   
 Ord shares                  Put option                            Purchasing            220,000                                                     2.70 GBP                 American                         15 July 2016  
 
 
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 contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets. 
 
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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. 
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
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