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

12/01/2016 15:00

RNS Number : 6301L
D E Shaw & Co LP
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) 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 11, 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
6,438,218
0.33
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
135
0.00
6,438,218
0.33
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
6,935
GBP 2.440
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
21,681
GBP 2.441
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,956
GBP 2.442
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,250
GBP 2.400
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,159
GBP 2.401
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,255
GBP 2.402
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.403
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,218
GBP 2.404
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,300
GBP 2.405
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,983
GBP 2.406
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,400
GBP 2.407
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,155
GBP 2.408
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
11,789
GBP 2.410
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,596
GBP 2.411
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,250
GBP 2.412
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,350
GBP 2.419
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
98
GBP 2.420
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
570
GBP 2.423
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
600
GBP 2.424
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,489
GBP 2.428
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,300
GBP 2.430
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,780
GBP 2.431
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,200
GBP 2.432
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,304
GBP 2.433
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,732
GBP 2.435
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,078
GBP 2.436
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,105
GBP 2.437
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,836
GBP 2.438
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
19,477
GBP 2.439
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,671
GBP 2.443
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,778
GBP 2.445
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
116
GBP 2.447
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,828
GBP 2.448
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,000
GBP 2.449
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,367
GBP 2.450
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4,164
GBP 2.452
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
29,469
GBP 2.453
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,616
GBP 2.454
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
12,518
GBP 2.455
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
14,474
GBP 2.456
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,319
GBP 2.457
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,655
GBP 2.459
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,060
GBP 2.460
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,680
GBP 2.462
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.440
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
500
GBP 2.441
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.442
(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 12, 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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