REG-HSBC Bank Plc : Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - J Sainsbury Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">SBRY.L</Origin>

J SainsburyAnnouncement

08/03/2016 12:10

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI) 
 PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY 
 Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
 1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
  (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                       HSBC BANK PLC                              
  (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:   Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree    J Sainsbury Plc                            
  (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                        Steinhoff International Holdings Limited   
  (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                               7th March 2016                             
  (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?               Yes- Home Retail Group Plc                
 2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
 
 (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
  Class of relevant security    Purchases/ sales      Total number of securities    Highest price per unit paid/received    Lowest price per unit paid/received   
  Ordinary Shares               Purchase               17,374                        270.50 p                                266.30 p                              
  Ordinary Shares               Sale                   13,593                        270.50 p                                266.30 p                              
 (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   
  Ordinary Shares               Equity Swap                     Opening a Short Position                                                                                   1,611                             268.75 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(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. 
 
 3.         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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  Date of disclosure:    8th March 2016   
  Contact name:          Dilip Gupta      
  Telephone number:      0207 088 2000    
 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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