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 : 4955ND E Shaw & Co LP29 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 28, 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):
2,707,913
0.33
460,142
0.06
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
2,765,153
0.34
460,142
0.06
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
339
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
258
GBP 1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
508
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
400
GBP 1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
234
GBP 1.466
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
357
GBP 1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
732
GBP 1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
506
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
268
GBP 1.453
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
150
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
81
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
365
GBP 1.444
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
320
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1101
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1032
GBP 1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1621
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1178
GBP 1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
756
GBP 1.466
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1164
GBP 1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1917
GBP 1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1453
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1032
GBP 1.439
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
672
GBP 1.453
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
518
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
216
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1253
GBP 1.444
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
741
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
910
GBP 1.448
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
942
GBP 1.443
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1367
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
808
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
708
GBP 1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1086
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
586
GBP 1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
469
GBP 1.466
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
750
GBP 1.468
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
1152
GBP 1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
928
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
610
GBP 1.439
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
407
GBP 1.453
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
354
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
148
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
883
GBP 1.444
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
467
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
558
GBP 1.448
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
555
GBP 1.443
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a Short Position
818
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.489
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.487
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
38
GBP 1.483
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
900
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.480
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.467
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.458
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
600
GBP 1.462
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.444
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.433
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.438
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
400
GBP 1.449
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.456
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
389
GBP 1.451
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
11
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.454
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
700
GBP 1.448
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.443
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
300
GBP 1.442
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
400
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.439
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.435
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
200
GBP 1.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a Long Position
100
GBP 1.429
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1231
GBP 1.499
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1850
GBP 1.487
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
665
GBP 1.478
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10750
GBP 1.481
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1963
GBP 1.484
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3976
GBP 1.465
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
38
GBP 1.458
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4912
GBP 1.455
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4523
GBP 1.459
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
397
GBP 1.450
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2036
GBP 1.457
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1376
GBP 1.446
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7900
GBP 1.447
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6450
GBP 1.452
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1000
GBP 1.448
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.443
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3
GBP 1.440
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5597
GBP 1.439
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 1.492
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1998
GBP 1.491
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
200
GBP 1.493
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
400
GBP 1.455
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3602
GBP 1.433
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
1000
GBP 1.436
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
8696
GBP 1.430
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
19190
GBP 1.425
(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 29, 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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