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RNS Number : 6246L
Citadel Group
12 January 2016
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/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:
Citadel Group
(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
11 January 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:
COMMON STOCK ISIN GB00B019KW72
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
0
0.00
2,636
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
311,443
0.02
7,445,143
0.39
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
311,443
0.02
7,447,779
0.39
Class of relevant security:
CONVERTIBLE BOND ISIN XS1268412993
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
6,000,000
2.40
0
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
6,000,000
2.40
0
0.00
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 Form8 (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
Common stock
Purchase
1,000
2.4
Common stock
Purchase
21,932
2.44
Common stock
Purchase
952
2.424
Common stock
Purchase
31,857
2.437
Common stock
Purchase
3,431
2.425
Common stock
Purchase
36,883
2.436
Common stock
Purchase
36,158
2.439
Common stock
Purchase
33,385
2.441
Common stock
Purchase
42,469
2.438
Common stock
Purchase
13,349
2.435
Common stock
Purchase
7,345
2.43
Common stock
Purchase
25,396
2.434
Common stock
Purchase
1,372
2.447
Common stock
Purchase
4,974
2.445
Common stock
Purchase
12,802
2.444
Common stock
Purchase
18,362
2.433
Common stock
Purchase
8,783
2.446
Common stock
Purchase
210
2.451
Common stock
Purchase
2,000
2.454
Common stock
Purchase
15,124
2.432
Common stock
Purchase
30,396
2.442
Common stock
Purchase
500
2.449
Common stock
Purchase
10
2.456
Common stock
Purchase
5,569
2.401
Common stock
Purchase
246
2.455
Common stock
Purchase
23
2.404
Common stock
Purchase
13,196
2.431
Common stock
Purchase
1,385
2.453
Common stock
Purchase
13,386
2.443
Common stock
Purchase
1,494
2.458
Common stock
Sale
-1,392
2.461
Common stock
Sale
-311
2.426
Common stock
Sale
-48,610
2.44
Common stock
Sale
-3,557
2.429
Common stock
Sale
-45,394
2.437
Common stock
Sale
-528
2.425
Common stock
Sale
-17,831
2.436
Common stock
Sale
-31,085
2.439
Common stock
Sale
-23,677
2.441
Common stock
Sale
-48,165
2.438
Common stock
Sale
-19,117
2.435
Common stock
Sale
-5,536
2.43
Common stock
Sale
-21,229
2.434
Common stock
Sale
-11,885
2.445
Common stock
Sale
-10,650
2.444
Common stock
Sale
-21,155
2.433
Common stock
Sale
-871
2.462
Common stock
Sale
-1,250
2.446
Common stock
Sale
-333
2.454
Common stock
Sale
-22,215
2.432
Common stock
Sale
-13,816
2.442
Common stock
Sale
-790
2.456
Common stock
Sale
-4,500
2.403
Common stock
Sale
-990
2.405
Common stock
Sale
-1,420
2.404
Common stock
Sale
-2,399
2.431
Common stock
Sale
-2,801
2.453
Common stock
Sale
-18,074
2.443
Common stock
Sale
-7,044
2.448








(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 stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-433,190
2.43769
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-434,446
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-29,864
2.432814
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-19,848
2.439528
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
1,549
2.437525
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
99,495
2.442262
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
47,881
2.434028
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
4,924
2.44124
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
27,096
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
37,886
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
4,589
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
618,224
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
156,501
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
1,943
2.437178
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
1,032
2.438609
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
36,908
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
5,993
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
5,307
2.449576
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
2,840
2.437525
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
9,475
2.437525
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
5,428
2.437525
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
9,373
2.434196
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
18,072
2.437178
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-77,970
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-53,414
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-13,354
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-25,158
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-2,498
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-159,064
2.44
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-8,821
2.44








(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








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.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 dealing
e.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"
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
12 January 2016
Contact name:
Pauline Rogers
Telephone number:
020 7645 9708
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.

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