REG - D E Shaw & Co LP Home Retail Grp Plc Sainsbury(J) PLC - Form 8.3 - J Sainsbury Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">HOME.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">SBRY.L</Origin>

J SainsburyAnnouncement

08/01/2016 14:00

RNS Number : 3271L
D E Shaw & Co LP
08 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient

(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:
January 07, 2016
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
Yes: Home Retail Group Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:
28 4/7p ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:




(2) Derivatives (other than options):
135
0.00
6,167,109
0.32
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
135
0.00
6,167,109
0.32
Class of relevant security:
Perpetual convertible bonds
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:




(2) Derivatives (other than options):
17,000,000
6.80


(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
17,000,000
6.80


All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit




(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,537
GBP 2.360
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,721
GBP 2.361
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,137
GBP 2.349
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
100
GBP 2.351
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,880
GBP 2.352
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
100
GBP 2.353
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,417
GBP 2.354
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
10,540
GBP 2.355
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,350
GBP 2.356
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
10,575
GBP 2.357
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
10,979
GBP 2.358
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
13,894
GBP 2.359
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,635
GBP 2.362
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
9,587
GBP 2.363
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,811
GBP 2.364
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
14,793
GBP 2.365
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,501
GBP 2.366
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
17,372
GBP 2.367
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,346
GBP 2.368
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,430
GBP 2.369
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,490
GBP 2.370
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
680
GBP 2.372
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,693
GBP 2.373
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,275
GBP 2.374
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
65
GBP 2.375
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,936
GBP 2.376
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,683
GBP 2.378
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,697
GBP 2.379
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,282
GBP 2.380
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,510
GBP 2.381
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,982
GBP 2.382
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,422
GBP 2.383
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
100
GBP 2.384
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,397
GBP 2.385
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
111
GBP 2.386
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,941
GBP 2.387
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,907
GBP 2.388
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,171
GBP 2.390
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
100
GBP 2.391
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,200
GBP 2.360
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
216
GBP 2.361
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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) Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
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)



The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.
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:
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 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"
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
January 08, 2016
Contact name:
Kevin Krist (Compliance Department)
Telephone number:
+44 (0) 20 7409 4420
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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