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J SainsburyAnnouncement

21/01/2016 14:30

RNS Number : 6222M
D E Shaw & Co LP
21 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 20, 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
6,477,292
0.34
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
135
0.00
6,477,292
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
1,000
GBP 2.306
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,323
GBP 2.307
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,114
GBP 2.308
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
880
GBP 2.309
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,760
GBP 2.310
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,827
GBP 2.311
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
104
GBP 2.312
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,073
GBP 2.313
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5,879
GBP 2.315
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,443
GBP 2.316
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
983
GBP 2.317
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2,140
GBP 2.318
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,990
GBP 2.319
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,305
GBP 2.320
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
200
GBP 2.321
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,180
GBP 2.323
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,443
GBP 2.325
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1,540
GBP 2.326
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
38
GBP 2.328
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,000
GBP 2.330
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
663
GBP 2.336
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3,333
GBP 2.337
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
890
GBP 2.342
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
30
GBP 2.343
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
303
GBP 2.352
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
164
GBP 2.307
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
309
GBP 2.308
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
523
GBP 2.309
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
508
GBP 2.310
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
590
GBP 2.311
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
172
GBP 2.312
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.313
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
435
GBP 2.315
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
433
GBP 2.316
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
734
GBP 2.317
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
826
GBP 2.318
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.319
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
508
GBP 2.320
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
883
GBP 2.321
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
56
GBP 2.323
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
436
GBP 2.325
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
1,200
GBP 2.326
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
500
GBP 2.328
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.330
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.336
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
212
GBP 2.337
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
88
GBP 2.343
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
400
GBP 2.352
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
301
GBP 2.314
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.324
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.327
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
477
GBP 2.329
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
912
GBP 2.331
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.332
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
400
GBP 2.333
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.334
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
88
GBP 2.335
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.338
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
388
GBP 2.339
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
312
GBP 2.340
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.341
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
500
GBP 2.344
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
500
GBP 2.345
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.347
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
400
GBP 2.348
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
600
GBP 2.353
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.355
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.356
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
200
GBP 2.358
28 4/7p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a short position
100
GBP 2.359
(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 21, 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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