REG-Form 8.3 - J Sainsbury Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">SBRY.L</Origin>

J SainsburyAnnouncement

08/03/2016 12:21

FORM 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:                                                                                   Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management LP Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion acting on behalf of various funds   
  (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                        J Sainsbury 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:                                                                                                                 07 March 2016                                                                                                                                         
  (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?                          Home Retail Group 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:                          28 4/7p Ordinary : ISIN: GB00B019KW72                 
                                                      Interests               Short positions               
  Number                                                %           Number      %               
  (1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                      
  (2)  Derivatives CFD (other than options):                                  -3,533,261      -0.184%   
  (3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                          
  TOTAL:                                                                        -3,533,261      -0.184%   
  Class of relevant convertible:                        Convertible bonds due November 2019 ISIN: XS1139087933            
                                                       Interests                         Short positions                  
  Number                                                 %                Number           %               
  (1)  Relevant convertible owned and/or controlled:    11,100,000       2.467%                                          
  (2)  Derivatives (other than options):                                                                              
  (3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                                        
      TOTAL:                                           11,100,000       2.467%                                          
  Class of relevant security:                          Perpetual convertible bonds ISIN: XS1268412993            
                                                      Interests                     Short positions              
  Number                                                %              Number         %             
  (1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                           
  (2)  Derivatives (other than options):                                                                     
  (3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                               
      TOTAL:                                                                                                 
  Class of relevant security:                          ADRs ISIN: US4662492085                 
                                                      Interests          Short positions      
  Number                                                %        Number    %         
  (1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                        
  (2)  Derivatives (other than options):                                                  
  (3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                            
      TOTAL:                                                                              
 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   
  Convertible bonds due November 2019                                                              
 (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 GBP   
  28 4/7p Ordinary              CFD                             Increasing a short position                                                                                - 380,000                         2.6852528 P          
 (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"   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 (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"   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 (c)        Attachments 
 
  Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached ?    NO   
  Date of disclosure:    08 March 2016       
  Contact name:          Deborah Gewinner    
  Telephone number:      +44 203 751 54 12   
 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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 Form 8.3 - J.Sainsbury Plc 


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