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

13/01/2016 13:30

RNS Number : 7707L
D E Shaw & Co LP
13 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 12, 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):
3,609,468
0.44
37,639
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
3,678,819
0.45
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 1.397
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.399
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
22,198
GBP 1.419
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
GBP 1.441
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
400
GBP 1.460
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
800
GBP 1.397
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
400
GBP 1.398
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,110
GBP 1.401
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,203
GBP 1.405
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,207
GBP 1.410
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,931
GBP 1.411
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,200
GBP 1.412
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,485
GBP 1.413
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,800
GBP 1.414
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
12,226
GBP 1.415
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
12,325
GBP 1.416
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,149
GBP 1.417
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,165
GBP 1.418
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,588
GBP 1.419
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
17,117
GBP 1.420
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,697
GBP 1.421
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,258
GBP 1.423
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,260
GBP 1.424
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,108
GBP 1.425
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,309
GBP 1.426
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10,086
GBP 1.427
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9,475
GBP 1.428
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,315
GBP 1.429
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8,269
GBP 1.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,749
GBP 1.431
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,161
GBP 1.433
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,596
GBP 1.434
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
599
GBP 1.436
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,884
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,829
GBP 1.441
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8,115
GBP 1.442
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,900
GBP 1.443
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,970
GBP 1.444
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,411
GBP 1.445
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
321
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,308
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,341
GBP 1.458
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,922
GBP 1.472
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,150
GBP 1.473
(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 13, 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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