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J SainsburyAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 9201L
D E Shaw & Co LP
14 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 13, 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
6,554,023
0.34
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
135
0.00
6,554,023
0.34
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
39
GBP 2.461 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
71
GBP 2.469 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
69
GBP 2.47 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
162
GBP 2.471 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
59
GBP 2.472 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
14
GBP 2.474 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
360
GBP 2.475 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
142
GBP 2.476 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
144
GBP 2.48 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
85
GBP 2.481 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,050
GBP 2.482 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
435
GBP 2.483 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
75
GBP 2.485 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
426
GBP 2.487 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
32
GBP 2.454 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
53
GBP 2.463 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
41
GBP 2.467 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
14
GBP 2.473 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
229
GBP 2.478 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
717
GBP 2.479 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
35
GBP 2.484 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
350
GBP 2.486 
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
7,327
GBP 2.488
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,104
GBP 2.489
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,637
GBP 2.490
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,852
GBP 2.491
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,633
GBP 2.492
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
300
GBP 2.493
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
368
GBP 2.494
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,241
GBP 2.495
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
793
GBP 2.496
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,096
GBP 2.497
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
228
GBP 2.498
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
6,607
GBP 2.503
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,792
GBP 2.505
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
638
GBP 2.506
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,881
GBP 2.507
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
8,736
GBP 2.508
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
152
GBP 2.509
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
11
GBP 2.511
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
880
GBP 2.512
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
300
GBP 2.515
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
478
GBP 2.516
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
384
GBP 2.517
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
663
GBP 2.518
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
10,134
GBP 2.519
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
5,682
GBP 2.489
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
4,250
GBP 2.493
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.496
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
900
GBP 2.509
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
600
GBP 2.445
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
700
GBP 2.455
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
189
GBP 2.460
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.461
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
14,000
GBP 2.466
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,069
GBP 2.469
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.470
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,207
GBP 2.471
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
4,250
GBP 2.472
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
439
GBP 2.474
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
4,290
GBP 2.475
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.476
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
11,202
GBP 2.477
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,070
GBP 2.480
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
300
GBP 2.481
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.482
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
79
GBP 2.483
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
2,969
GBP 2.485
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
3,750
GBP 2.487
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
7,900
GBP 2.502
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
700
GBP 2.510
(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 14, 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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