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

J SainsburyAnnouncement

12/05/2016 11:55

RNS Number : 0761Y
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
12 May 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: 
11/05/2016
(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
98,779
1.627 GBP
1.615 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Sale
58,689
1.627 GBP
1.617 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
Short
5472
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
12821
1.627 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
25825
1.627 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
16591
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Long
4110
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
4110
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
6131
1.620 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
10460
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
23
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
70
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
100
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
147
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
162
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
410
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
494
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1130
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1189
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1302
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1789
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
2556
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
22
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
63
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
147
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
535
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1053
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1072
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
2192
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
3366
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
6
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
26
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
50
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
62
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
99
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
139
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
189
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
335
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
425
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
427
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
436
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
547
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
963
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
31
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
96
1.622 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
197
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
215
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
466
1.624 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
803
1.619 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
859
1.624 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
1875
1.623 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
2513
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
3299
1.621 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
6662
1.626 GBP
Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76
Swaps
Short
9080
1.621 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:
12/05/2016
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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