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>

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RNS Number : 9208L
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
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 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: 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):
3,469,092
0.43
37,639
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
3,538,443
0.43
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
1,539
GBP 1.465 
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3,212
GBP 1.489 
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
7,317
GBP 1.493 
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
23,561
GBP 1.494 
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
6,193
GBP 1.495 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,586
GBP 1.431 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,457
GBP 1.439 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
444
GBP 1.452 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
818
GBP 1.458 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,268
GBP 1.462 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,370
GBP 1.464 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
87
GBP 1.465 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,748
GBP 1.466 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.467 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,148
GBP 1.468 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.469 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,824
GBP 1.470 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,662
GBP 1.471 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,667
GBP 1.472 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.473 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
488
GBP 1.474 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,981
GBP 1.475 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,900
GBP 1.477 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,363
GBP 1.478 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,864
GBP 1.479 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,339
GBP 1.480 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9,313
GBP 1.481 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,800
GBP 1.482 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
12,327
GBP 1.483 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8,757
GBP 1.484 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,551
GBP 1.485 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6,413
GBP 1.486 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,251
GBP 1.487 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,700
GBP 1.488 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5,016
GBP 1.489 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
16,691
GBP 1.490 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,222
GBP 1.491 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,821
GBP 1.492 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,984
GBP 1.493 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2,821
GBP 1.494 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7,668
GBP 1.495 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,736
GBP 1.496 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
205
GBP 1.497 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4,618
GBP 1.498 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
473
GBP 1.499 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
13,246
GBP 1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3,182
GBP 1.501 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1,773
GBP 1.502 
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
716
GBP 1.503 
(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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