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 : 3519ND E Shaw & Co LP28 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 27, 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:
57,240
0.01
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
2,734,832
0.34
426,464
0.05
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
2,792,072
0.34
426,464
0.05
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
324
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
500
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
40
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
652
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1057
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
543
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
722
GBP 1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
299
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
440
GBP 1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
792
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
2345
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
167
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
2263
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
2837
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1798
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
2151
GBP 1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
782
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1257
GBP 1.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1494
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
439
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
832
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1125
GBP 1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1464
GBP 1.503
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
946
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1323
GBP 1.497
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
487
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1495
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
123
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1586
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1797
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1072
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1393
GBP 1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
422
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
823
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
210
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
471
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
673
GBP 1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
932
GBP 1.503
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
900
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
700
GBP 1.504
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1700
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
200
GBP 1.512
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
400
GBP 1.497
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
400
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
646
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
800
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
500
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.519
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
600
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
81
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
219
GBP 1.490
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
2630
GBP 1.516
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
3530
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
3
GBP 1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
6029
GBP 1.504
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
960
GBP 1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
7495
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
6378
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
10504
GBP 1.512
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
659
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
8086
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
3304
GBP 1.505
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
2956
GBP 1.507
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
11183
GBP 1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
3586
GBP 1.496
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
580
GBP 1.513
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
1570
GBP 1.506
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
2593
GBP 1.503
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
3005
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
2839
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
6112
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
1811
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
7903
GBP 1.500
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
25653
GBP 1.496
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3548
GBP 1.502
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
4741
GBP 1.501
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
24136
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
11400
GBP 1.490
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1700
GBP 1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 1.494
(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 28, 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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