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

J SainsburyAnnouncement

28/04/2016 11:30

RNS Number : 6744W
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
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: 
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: 

(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
1,580,073
2.903 GBP
2.838 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Sale
2,034,839
2.903 GBP
2.838 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
Long
1,438
2.891 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,752
2.891 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
2,710
2.901 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
98,648
2.901 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
22,492
2.901 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
2,710
2.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
5,310
2.852 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
16,002
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
823,160
2.869 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
823,160
2.868 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
3,581
2.869 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
5,715
2.869 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
2,122
2.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
6,746
2.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
4,620
2.877 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
3,200
2.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
380
2.877 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
6,864
2.879 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
10,544
2.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,319
2.876 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
49,300
2.873 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
5,665
2.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
6,243
2.871 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
2,902
2.877 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
437
2.843 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,414
2.872 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
4,134
2.859 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
456
2.883 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
750
2.889 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
12,514
2.846 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
151,578
2.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
95,033
2.879 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
95,033
2.852 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
108,581
2.852 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
27,228
2.903 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
2,595
2.858 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,465
2.858 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
571
2.856 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
1,648
2.903 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
12,824
2.85 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
3,795
2.859 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
17,236
2.895 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
12,825
2.865 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
649
2.875 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
139
2.87 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
100
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
455
2.879 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
818
2.884 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
53
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
331
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
7,418
2.888 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
161
2.877 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
18,417
2.897 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
964
2.889 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
2,139
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
777
2.88 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
4,488
2.845 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
1,327
2.894 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
242
2.867 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Long
29
2.89 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72
Swaps
Short
37
2.852 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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