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 : 6225MD E Shaw & Co LP21 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 20, 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:
67,561
0.01
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
3,160,727
0.39
251,425
0.03
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
3,228,288
0.40
251,425
0.03
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 short position
196
GBP 1.422
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2502
GBP 1.464
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
770
GBP 1.469
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
5129
GBP 1.452
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2064
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1332
GBP 1.422
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1602
GBP 1.420
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2690
GBP 1.421
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
926
GBP 1.419
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3994
GBP 1.418
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1338
GBP 1.416
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
879
GBP 1.411
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1597
GBP 1.412
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1913
GBP 1.401
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3862
GBP 1.404
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4257
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1973
GBP 1.413
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2535
GBP 1.396
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1362
GBP 1.394
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2789
GBP 1.398
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4988
GBP 1.454
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1393
GBP 1.451
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2687
GBP 1.425
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2878
GBP 1.386
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1260
GBP 1.403
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
600
GBP 1.464
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
594
GBP 1.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.477
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7107
GBP 1.476
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2072
GBP 1.471
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1600
GBP 1.470
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.460
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.469
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2560
GBP 1.463
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.467
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.452
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.453
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
460
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
300
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1615
GBP 1.431
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
757
GBP 1.428
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3581
GBP 1.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1338
GBP 1.424
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5979
GBP 1.422
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
26568
GBP 1.420
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3766
GBP 1.421
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
885
GBP 1.419
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2400
GBP 1.442
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2648
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
152
GBP 1.434
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1966
GBP 1.432
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1330
GBP 1.418
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5827
GBP 1.417
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1693
GBP 1.416
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
137
GBP 1.423
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6402
GBP 1.414
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
283
GBP 1.411
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
63
GBP 1.392
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1962
GBP 1.399
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
19709
GBP 1.400
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3533
GBP 1.403
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6222
GBP 1.412
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7737
GBP 1.410
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2745
GBP 1.408
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5701
GBP 1.401
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
602
GBP 1.402
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3101
GBP 1.405
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3403
GBP 1.404
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5175
GBP 1.407
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
11519
GBP 1.415
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1809
GBP 1.413
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1625
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1847
GBP 1.397
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
102
GBP 1.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4365
GBP 1.396
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5938
GBP 1.394
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
102
GBP 1.391
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4220
GBP 1.398
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1
GBP 1.388
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7519
GBP 1.387
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2249
GBP 1.384
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1670
GBP 1.382
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
400
GBP 1.400
(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 21, 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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