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 : 1188OD E Shaw & Co LP04 February 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:
February 03, 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):
2,401,431
0.30
679,681
0.08
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:
2,458,671
0.30
679,681
0.08
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
496
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
321
GBP 1.530
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
803
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
743
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
774
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
543
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
491
GBP 1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1337
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
925
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
157
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
501
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
533
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
4861
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
3877
GBP 1.530
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
4515
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
5160
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1872
GBP 1.526
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
8330
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
5989
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1104
GBP 1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
3803
GBP 1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
7182
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
5478
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
912
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
3182
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
7229
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2031
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1816
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1384
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
736
GBP 1.530
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2245
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2284
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2323
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1785
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
247
GBP 1.521
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1802
GBP 1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
4009
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2885
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
458
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
1457
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a short Position
2000
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
20798
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
995
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5808
GBP 1.530
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6154
GBP 1.526
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1871
GBP 1.531
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2200
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
13031
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6379
GBP 1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1678
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
500
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2526
GBP 1.513
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
4800
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
5800
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
100
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
6404
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
3592
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
31742
GBP 1.530
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
12953
GBP 1.526
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
400
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
10360
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7942
GBP 1.524
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
39820
GBP 1.523
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
31460
GBP 1.519
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
14676
GBP 1.522
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
9465
GBP 1.520
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
21380
GBP 1.518
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
23685
GBP 1.515
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
59335
GBP 1.517
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
15393
GBP 1.516
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
2116
GBP 1.514
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
218
GBP 1.513
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
8668
GBP 1.512
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
1881
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
7291
GBP 1.511
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
489
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Reducing a long position
111
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
2
GBP 1.527
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
224
GBP 1.529
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
262
GBP 1.531
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
8886
GBP 1.528
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
11740
GBP 1.525
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
11817
GBP 1.510
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
3800
GBP 1.509
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
300
GBP 1.508
10p ordinary
Swap
Increasing a long position
33346
GBP 1.504
(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:
February 04, 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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