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 : 7675MD E Shaw & Co LP22 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 21, 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):
3,072,001
0.38
293,610
0.04
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
3,139,562
0.39
293,610
0.04
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
576
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
310
GBP 1.408
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
133
GBP 1.364
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
109
GBP 1.351
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
250
GBP 1.333
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
650
GBP 1.352
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
202
GBP 1.349
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1427
GBP 1.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
560
GBP 1.356
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
124
GBP 1.393
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
432
GBP 1.336
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
267
GBP 1.327
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
581
GBP 1.329
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
296
GBP 1.345
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
407
GBP 1.361
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1962
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1036
GBP 1.408
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
448
GBP 1.364
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
250
GBP 1.351
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
841
GBP 1.333
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
2051
GBP 1.352
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1741
GBP 1.349
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
4698
GBP 1.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1839
GBP 1.356
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
397
GBP 1.393
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1441
GBP 1.336
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
668
GBP 1.327
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1147
GBP 1.329
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
596
GBP 1.345
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
827
GBP 1.361
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1574
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
850
GBP 1.408
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
362
GBP 1.364
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
186
GBP 1.351
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
683
GBP 1.333
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1624
GBP 1.352
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1417
GBP 1.349
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
3790
GBP 1.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1484
GBP 1.356
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
331
GBP 1.393
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
1160
GBP 1.336
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
501
GBP 1.327
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
861
GBP 1.329
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
434
GBP 1.345
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short position
662
GBP 1.361
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.431
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
101
GBP 1.408
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
103
GBP 1.380
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
104
GBP 1.365
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
422
GBP 1.351
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.335
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
506
GBP 1.343
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
105
GBP 1.348
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.346
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
830
GBP 1.352
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
106
GBP 1.347
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
211
GBP 1.353
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
106
GBP 1.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
106
GBP 1.357
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
105
GBP 1.366
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
105
GBP 1.358
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
105
GBP 1.354
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
105
GBP 1.356
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2294
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
990
GBP 1.409
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6046
GBP 1.425
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1044
GBP 1.420
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1291
GBP 1.387
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7576
GBP 1.400
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10870
GBP 1.398
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
471
GBP 1.388
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1292
GBP 1.395
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1500
GBP 1.396
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.407
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9150
GBP 1.406
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2062
GBP 1.364
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2120
GBP 1.351
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2243
GBP 1.348
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1858
GBP 1.346
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10900
GBP 1.349
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1328
GBP 1.347
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4177
GBP 1.353
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
21086
GBP 1.350
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4866
GBP 1.360
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1088
GBP 1.355
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3094
GBP 1.328
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3313
GBP 1.333
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1259
GBP 1.331
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2780
GBP 1.348
(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 22, 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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