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J SainsburyAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 3382M
Citadel Group
19 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
18 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
21,716
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00
10,623,302
0.55
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
0
0.00
10,645,018
0.55
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
42,563
2.41
Common stock
Purchase
6,826
2.4
Common stock
Purchase
15,998
2.426
Common stock
Purchase
546
2.44
Common stock
Purchase
6,278
2.428
Common stock
Purchase
2,348
2.429
Common stock
Purchase
10,039
2.424
Common stock
Purchase
4,857
2.437
Common stock
Purchase
13,822
2.425
Common stock
Purchase
644
2.436
Common stock
Purchase
1,219
2.439
Common stock
Purchase
8,325
2.441
Common stock
Purchase
4,539
2.438
Common stock
Purchase
4,105
2.422
Common stock
Purchase
1,217
2.435
Common stock
Purchase
371
2.43
Common stock
Purchase
4,922
2.417
Common stock
Purchase
395
2.434
Common stock
Purchase
4,606
2.412
Common stock
Purchase
880
2.447
Common stock
Purchase
1,137
2.444
Common stock
Purchase
588
2.415
Common stock
Purchase
3,080
2.423
Common stock
Purchase
924
2.432
Common stock
Purchase
2,012
2.42
Common stock
Purchase
999
2.449
Common stock
Purchase
10,292
2.413
Common stock
Purchase
15,011
2.401
Common stock
Purchase
11,019
2.414
Common stock
Purchase
10,162
2.411
Common stock
Purchase
16,431
2.416
Common stock
Purchase
11,146
2.418
Common stock
Purchase
17,492
2.407
Common stock
Purchase
5,713
2.419
Common stock
Purchase
9,519
2.408
Common stock
Purchase
3,504
2.403
Common stock
Purchase
20,485
2.405
Common stock
Purchase
7,804
2.402
Common stock
Purchase
10,471
2.398
Common stock
Purchase
6,863
2.404
Common stock
Purchase
31,635
2.406
Common stock
Purchase
5,957
2.393
Common stock
Purchase
1,464
2.379
Common stock
Purchase
8,099
2.389
Common stock
Purchase
29,722
2.387
Common stock
Purchase
9,383
2.384
Common stock
Purchase
22,046
2.39
Common stock
Purchase
12,271
2.391
Common stock
Purchase
21,660
2.388
Common stock
Purchase
18,022
2.378
Common stock
Purchase
2,548
2.38
Common stock
Purchase
3,999
2.385
Common stock
Purchase
5,424
2.381
Common stock
Purchase
3,657
2.382
Common stock
Purchase
9,842
2.392
Common stock
Purchase
7,311
2.386
Common stock
Purchase
14,177
2.383
Common stock
Purchase
6,657
2.395
Common stock
Purchase
6,556
2.397
Common stock
Purchase
1,104
2.431
Common stock
Purchase
1,420
2.443
Common stock
Purchase
4,514
2.421
Common stock
Purchase
2,920
2.409
Common stock
Purchase
6,888
2.396
Common stock
Purchase
15,389
2.394
Common stock
Purchase
5,737
2.399
Common stock
Purchase
1,181
2.4235
Common stock
Sale
-880
2.45
Common stock
Sale
-28,814
2.41
Common stock
Sale
-29,219
2.4
Common stock
Sale
-3,370
2.426
Common stock
Sale
-950
2.429
Common stock
Sale
-3,705
2.424
Common stock
Sale
-2,690
2.437
Common stock
Sale
-1,660
2.425
Common stock
Sale
-2,339
2.439
Common stock
Sale
-1,400
2.441
Common stock
Sale
-2,187
2.438
Common stock
Sale
-4,514
2.422
Common stock
Sale
-657
2.435
Common stock
Sale
-880
2.417
Common stock
Sale
-1,277
2.434
Common stock
Sale
-13,422
2.412
Common stock
Sale
-4,760
2.447
Common stock
Sale
-4,551
2.445
Common stock
Sale
-2,619
2.444
Common stock
Sale
-525
2.433
Common stock
Sale
-3,628
2.446
Common stock
Sale
-15,154
2.415
Common stock
Sale
-900
2.451
Common stock
Sale
-3,110
2.423
Common stock
Sale
-6,111
2.42
Common stock
Sale
-4,124
2.442
Common stock
Sale
-2,821
2.449
Common stock
Sale
-10,654
2.413
Common stock
Sale
-14,999
2.401
Common stock
Sale
-1,969
2.414
Common stock
Sale
-9,335
2.411
Common stock
Sale
-6,234
2.416
Common stock
Sale
-6,302
2.418
Common stock
Sale
-13,917
2.407
Common stock
Sale
-2,260
2.419
Common stock
Sale
-33,925
2.408
Common stock
Sale
-5,673
2.403
Common stock
Sale
-30,101
2.405
Common stock
Sale
-17,364
2.402
Common stock
Sale
-28,574
2.398
Common stock
Sale
-16,204
2.404
Common stock
Sale
-22,592
2.406
Common stock
Sale
-5,761
2.393
Common stock
Sale
-2,603
2.379
Common stock
Sale
-9,850
2.389
Common stock
Sale
-9,807
2.387
Common stock
Sale
-6,420
2.384
Common stock
Sale
-11,664
2.39
Common stock
Sale
-14,471
2.391
Common stock
Sale
-11,220
2.388
Common stock
Sale
-1,542
2.38
Common stock
Sale
-31,807
2.385
Common stock
Sale
-3,554
2.381
Common stock
Sale
-16,842
2.382
Common stock
Sale
-23,116
2.392
Common stock
Sale
-8,813
2.386
Common stock
Sale
-2,243
2.383
Common stock
Sale
-42,527
2.395
Common stock
Sale
-16,637
2.397
Common stock
Sale
-830
2.443
Common stock
Sale
-5,393
2.421
Common stock
Sale
-22,560
2.409
Common stock
Sale
-10,706
2.396
Common stock
Sale
-5,432
2.394
Common stock
Sale
-33,719
2.399








(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
-142,273
2.409393
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-28,876
2.395
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-350,000
2.422
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-67,449
2.39158
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-75,971
2.396397
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-30,051
2.408449
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-112,052
2.398933
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-34,464
2.3845
Common stock
CFD
Increasing short position
-22,522
2.386365
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
5,881
2.405626
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
20,794
2.405626
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
19,683
2.397664
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
217
2.405626
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
10,411
2.405626








(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:
19 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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