REG - BkofA Merrill Lynch Home Retail Grp Plc Sainsbury(J) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) <Origin Href="QuoteRef">HOME.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">SBRY.L</Origin>

J SainsburyAnnouncement

28/04/2016 11:20

RNS Number : 6707W
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
28 April 2016
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
(a) 
Name of exempt principal trader: 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) 
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Home Retail Group PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
Home Retail Group PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
27/04/2016
(e) 
In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
YES 
If YES, specify which: 

(J Sainsbury PLC) 
2.
DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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
Purchases/
sales 
Total number of securities
Highest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Lowest price 
per unit 
paid/received 
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Purchase
381,942
1.708 GBP
1.663 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Sale
526,780
1.711 GBP
1.691 GBP
(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
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
11,311
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
4,153
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
54,659
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
6,490
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,919
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
6,263
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
2,162
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
75,381
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
3,862
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,018
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
32,940
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,094
1.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
9,419
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
5,306
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
22,501
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
13,069
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
289
1.705 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
5,205
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
5,668
1.695 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1,931
1.7 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
463
1.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,931
1.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
785
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
125
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
588
1.7 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
84
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
153
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
56
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
189
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
111
1.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
760
1.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
334
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
601
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
494
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
119
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
2,343
1.7 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
647
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
277
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
263
1.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
517
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
85
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
774
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,464
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,246
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
194
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
48
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,040
1.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
846
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
303
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
129
1.702 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
406
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
381
1.709 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
213
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
61
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
90
1.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,487
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
180
1.707 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,599
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
2,297
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
802
1.706 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
2,842
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
3,187
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,142
1.704 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
8,369
1.698 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
10,208
1.699 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
6,013
1.703 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
1,246
1.707 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
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/
exercised
against 
Number of 
securities 
Exercise Price per 
unit 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(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)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.
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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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
Date of disclosure:
28/04/2016
Contact name:
Harshini Gopa
Telephone number:
+44207 996 3410
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
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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