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

J SainsburyAnnouncement

11/01/2016 13:30

RNS Number : 4704L
D E Shaw & Co LP
11 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
Home Retail Group 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 08, 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: J Sainsbury 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:
10p ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
69,351
0.01


(2) Derivatives (other than options):
4,034,092
0.50
37,639
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
4,103,443
0.50
37,639
0.00
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
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
168
GBP 1.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
136
GBP 1.361
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
101
GBP 1.362
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
202
GBP 1.366
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 1.367
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
101
GBP 1.368
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
277
GBP 1.369
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
392
GBP 1.370
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
355
GBP 1.371
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
111
GBP 1.372
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
212
GBP 1.373
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.374
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
180
GBP 1.375
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
10
GBP 1.376
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.378
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
489
GBP 1.379
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
201
GBP 1.380
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.381
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.382
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.392
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.394
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.398
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
688
GBP 1.356
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,250
GBP 1.357
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.359
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,018
GBP 1.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,722
GBP 1.361
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,960
GBP 1.363
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,600
GBP 1.364
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,083
GBP 1.365
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,602
GBP 1.366
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,175
GBP 1.367
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10,016
GBP 1.368
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,302
GBP 1.369
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,629
GBP 1.370
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
11,951
GBP 1.371
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
11,888
GBP 1.372
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,022
GBP 1.373
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,522
GBP 1.374
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8,800
GBP 1.375
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,479
GBP 1.376
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,657
GBP 1.377
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,511
GBP 1.378
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,817
GBP 1.379
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
42
GBP 1.380
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,810
GBP 1.381
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,270
GBP 1.382
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,230
GBP 1.383
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,192
GBP 1.386
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,294
GBP 1.387
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,800
GBP 1.388
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
984
GBP 1.389
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
304
GBP 1.391
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,386
GBP 1.393
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
16,798
GBP 1.394
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,473
GBP 1.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,038
GBP 1.397
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,731
GBP 1.401
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
97
GBP 1.404
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,625
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,143
GBP 1.408
(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 11, 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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