REG - Societe Generale SA Sainsbury(J) PLC - Form 8.3 - J SAINSBURY PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">SBRY.L</Origin>

J SainsburyAnnouncement

03/03/2016 10:00

RNS Number : 9326Q
Societe Generale SA
03 March 2016
  
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) Full name of discloser:
Socit Gnrale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(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:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
02/03/2016
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Home Retail Group Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(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:
 Ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
0
0.00
10,733,502
0.56
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
16,329,789
0.85
730,288
0.04
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
4,258,289
0.22
 TOTAL:
16,329,789
0.85
15,722,079
0.82
Class of relevant security:
Convertible bonds due November 2019
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
4,000,000
0.89
0
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
4,000,000
0.89
0
0.00
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Ordinary
Purchase
1
2.616
Ordinary
Purchase
6,439
2.6178817
Ordinary
Purchase
76,774
2.6186722
Ordinary
Purchase
5,084
2.6209367
Ordinary
Purchase
2,003
2.62
Ordinary
Purchase
1
2.612
Ordinary
Purchase
9,326
2.62
Ordinary
Purchase
28,323
2.6173124
Ordinary
Purchase
2
2.627
Ordinary
Purchase
45
2.625
Ordinary
Purchase
64,815
2.616887
Ordinary
Purchase
15,299
2.6229688
Ordinary
Purchase
1,175
2.6215404
Ordinary
Purchase
2,365
2.62
Ordinary
Purchase
21,103
2.62
Ordinary
Sale
2,753
2.62
Ordinary
Sale
1,718
2.6168242
Ordinary
Sale
8,839
2.6217717
Ordinary
Sale
43,552
2.6129262
Ordinary
Sale
23,026
2.6234617
Ordinary
Sale
430
2.62
Ordinary
Sale
73
2.615
Ordinary
Sale
42,742
2.6230088
Ordinary
Sale
727
2.6159972
Ordinary
Sale
27,480
2.613123
Ordinary
Sale
67
2.6210448
Ordinary
Sale
12
2.619
Ordinary
Sale
17,670
2.6145744
Ordinary
Sale
7,158
2.62
Ordinary
Sale
5,508
2.613
Ordinary
Sale
100,394
2.622446
Ordinary
Sale
1,299
2.621632
Ordinary
Sale
8,158
2.6217235
Ordinary
Sale
30,177
2.6163495
Ordinary
Sale
27
2.6177778
Ordinary
Sale
1,102
2.613
Ordinary
Sale
1,287
2.622

Total Purchases
232,755


Total Sales
324,199

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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
Euro Medium Term Note
Reducing a short position
3,271
262.00

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
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)



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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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?
YES
Date of disclosure:
03/03/2016
Contact name:
Olivier Vero
Telephone number:
+44 20 7676 6821 / 6969
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Full name of person making disclosure:
Socit Gnrale S.A.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:
J SAINSBURY PLC
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Written or purchased
Number of securities to which option or derivative relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Ordinary
Euro Medium Term Notes
Sale
3,289
N/A
N/A
28/04/2017
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Sale
2,500,000
2.750
American options
18/03/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,005,000
2.4
American options
16/12/2016
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
750,000
2.6
American options
21/12/2018
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's 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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