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

12/01/2016 15:00

RNS Number : 6305L
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
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 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: 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):
3,749,209
0.46
37,639
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
3,818,560
0.47
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
100
GBP 1.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.399
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2,173
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
876
GBP 1.397
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,480
GBP 1.399
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
983
GBP 1.400
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,582
GBP 1.402
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
521
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
600
GBP 1.413
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,286
GBP 1.423
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,338
GBP 1.424
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,100
GBP 1.428
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,500
GBP 1.429
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
246
GBP 1.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
475
GBP 1.437
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
14,106
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,089
GBP 1.439
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
39
GBP 1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
999
GBP 1.448
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,801
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,692
GBP 1.450
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,359
GBP 1.452
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,753
GBP 1.454
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,344
GBP 1.455
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
276
GBP 1.456
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10,773
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,320
GBP 1.458
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,691
GBP 1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
14,339
GBP 1.460
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,067
GBP 1.461
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
11,114
GBP 1.462
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
20,818
GBP 1.463
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,443
GBP 1.464
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,120
GBP 1.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,371
GBP 1.466
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,000
GBP 1.467
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
71
GBP 1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,882
GBP 1.469
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9,900
GBP 1.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.471
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
229
GBP 1.472
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,402
GBP 1.473
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,887
GBP 1.474
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,079
GBP 1.475
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,677
GBP 1.476
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,625
GBP 1.477
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,607
GBP 1.479
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
860
GBP 1.481
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8,699
GBP 1.482
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
22,867
GBP 1.483
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,351
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,493
GBP 1.485
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9,030
GBP 1.486
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,326
GBP 1.487
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,793
GBP 1.488
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,882
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,759
GBP 1.490
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,164
GBP 1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,818
GBP 1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,840
GBP 1.494
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
886
GBP 1.495
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.496
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,285
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
20,497
GBP 1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,189
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,500
GBP 1.504
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,474
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,212
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,569
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,422
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,711
GBP 1.516
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,262
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,964
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,043
GBP 1.519
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.541
(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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