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

J SainsburyAnnouncement

25/02/2016 11:00

RNS Number : 1548Q
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
25 February 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
J Sainsbury PLC
(c) 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: 
Home Retail Group PLC
(d) 
Date dealing undertaken: 
24/02/2016
(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: 

(Home Retail Group 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 GB00B019KW72
Purchase
1,289,732
2.507 GBP
2.46 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Sale
2,575,417
2.512 GBP
2.46 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 GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
397
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
284
2.507 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
1,178
2.476 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
4,883
2.494 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
22,034
2.476 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
3,023
2.491 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
2,052
2.481 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
2,635
2.481 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
43,470
2.476 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
1,360
2.490 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
9,404
2.493 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
10,109
2.485 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
25,101
2.497 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
643,614
2.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
3,200
2.502 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
3
2.497 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
4
2.469 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
41
2.494 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
74
2.466 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
112
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
398
2.470 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
457
2.466 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
510
2.468 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
1,151
2.467 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
1,515
2.476 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
338,846
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
255,505
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
213,730
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
175,458
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
41,532
2.476 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
11,000
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
5,450
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,155
2.501 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,154
2.499 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
11
2.472 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
3,023
2.469 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
2,635
2.504 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
9,757
2.489 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
3
2.489 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
2,797
2.491 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
642,376
2.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
988
2.483 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
18,189
2.500 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
174,511
2.477 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:
25/02/2016
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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