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>
RNS Number : 0783MD E Shaw & Co LP15 January 2016FORM 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 14, 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):
3,663,382
0.45
66,937
0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
3,732,733
0.46
66,937
0.01
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
14
1.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
1.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3133
1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
975
1.451
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
400
1.453
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5172
1.466
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5422
1.467
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3806
1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2837
1.469
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5205
1.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
7534
1.471
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1189
1.472
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5000
1.474
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4699
1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
9706
1.481
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2055
1.482
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1470
1.483
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1013
1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
363
1.486
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1861
1.487
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3269
1.488
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
9340
1.490
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3345
1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
7745
1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3036
1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
17336
1.494
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1232
1.495
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5240
1.496
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
703
1.497
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
14805
1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
369
1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
500
1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
336
1.503
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2576
1.504
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1523
1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
371
1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1402
1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
9673
1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1338
1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
727
1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
10642
1.516
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1261
1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1525
1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4849
1.519
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5951
1.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
210
1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1308
1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
361
1.531
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1525
1.532
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2925
1.533
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3286
1.534
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4362
1.535
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
15394
1.536
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4133
1.537
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
5885
1.538
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
7594
1.539
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4150
1.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
10701
1.541
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1500
1.542
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
100
1.543
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
8979
1.547
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
790
1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
522
1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
400
1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.512
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
62
1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
40
1.538
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
740
1.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.541
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
400
1.542
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
160
1.543
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
1.547
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
563
1.549
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
1.567
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8385
1.545
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
954
1.547
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10201
1.548
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1087
1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
956
1.462
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
626
1.474
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1291
1.478
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
120
1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2147
1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1746
1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
926
1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1885
1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
921
1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
669
1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1443
1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1233
1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
906
1.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1388
1.543
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1557
1.544
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1786
1.550
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
595
1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
426
1.462
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
159
1.474
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
156
1.478
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
10
1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
130
1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
778
1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
690
1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
242
1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
534
1.543
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
856
1.544
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
634
1.550
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
697
1.462
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2437
1.469
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1352
1.475
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2638
1.478
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1588
1.482
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1375
1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1684
1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
925
1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
921
1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2308
1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
904
1.539
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1154
1.540
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2138
1.541
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2704
1.543
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1801
1.544
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
898
1.546
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1031
1.548
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1500
1.549
(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 15, 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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