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J SainsburyAnnouncement

21/03/2016 11:38

RNS Number : 7446S
Societe Generale SA
21 March 2016
  
FORM 8.3 
Replacement Form 8.3. to amend sections 3.(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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
18/03/2016
(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
11,663,002
0.61
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
16,319,867
0.85
1,160,521
0.06
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
1,758,289
0.09
 TOTAL:
16,319,867
0.85
14,581,812
0.76
Class of relevant security:
Convertible bonds due November 2019
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
4,600,000
1.02
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:
4,600,000
1.02
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
3
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
66,323
2.7494061
Ordinary
Purchase
15
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
15
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
12
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
63,813
2.7870111
Ordinary
Purchase
34
2.772
Ordinary
Purchase
1
2.736
Ordinary
Purchase
51
2.736
Ordinary
Purchase
18
2.799
Ordinary
Purchase
53,077
2.7920144
Ordinary
Purchase
12
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
796
2.8070101
Ordinary
Purchase
11
2.771
Ordinary
Purchase
12,674
2.7398927
Ordinary
Purchase
19
2.806
Ordinary
Purchase
16
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
13
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
18
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
15
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
59,876
2.809
Ordinary
Purchase
54
2.761
Ordinary
Purchase
206,891
2.7583403
Ordinary
Purchase
102,416
2.7929274
Ordinary
Purchase
56,899
2.732
Ordinary
Purchase
16
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
19
2.791
Ordinary
Purchase
68
2.7879412
Ordinary
Purchase
65
2.788
Ordinary
Purchase
12
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
13
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
16
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
14
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
14
2.792
Ordinary
Purchase
65
2.733
Ordinary
Purchase
7,563
2.732
Ordinary
Purchase
3
2.793
Ordinary
Purchase
85
2.787
Ordinary
Purchase
1
2.793
Ordinary
Purchase
1,236
2.786
Ordinary
Purchase
380
2.7393684
Ordinary
Purchase
66,315
2.7613347
Ordinary
Purchase
27,542
2.809
Ordinary
Purchase
2,957
2.732
Ordinary
Purchase
431
2.732
Ordinary
Purchase
57,374
2.732
Ordinary
Purchase
71,280
2.815
Ordinary
Purchase
26,703
2.7874134
Ordinary
Sale
5,013
2.809
Ordinary
Sale
45,699
2.7940988
Ordinary
Sale
58
2.783
Ordinary
Sale
10,554
2.8021613
Ordinary
Sale
26
2.777
Ordinary
Sale
1
2.773
Ordinary
Sale
991
2.808002
Ordinary
Sale
4,485
2.8058997
Ordinary
Sale
74,140
2.7880882
Ordinary
Sale
25,000
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
25,000
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
11,016
2.809
Ordinary
Sale
150,926
2.7891843
Ordinary
Sale
38,963
2.7913612
Ordinary
Sale
3,856
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
752
2.7940027
Ordinary
Sale
44
2.814
Ordinary
Sale
17
2.813
Ordinary
Sale
473,398
2.7678651
Ordinary
Sale
20,660
2.7946242
Ordinary
Sale
14,670
2.7750402
Ordinary
Sale
7,200
2.7761144
Ordinary
Sale
73,622
2.7905722
Ordinary
Sale
12,383
2.7891569
Ordinary
Sale
22,270
2.7863345
Ordinary
Sale
1,301,165
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
130,540
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
21
2.813
Ordinary
Sale
5,509
2.809
Ordinary
Sale
3,282
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
579,422
2.734566
Ordinary
Sale
2,116
2.7789981
Ordinary
Sale
95,126
2.7961692
Ordinary
Sale
5,500
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
155,745
2.7918169
Ordinary
Sale
89,054
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
114,748
2.7303
Ordinary
Sale
13,765
2.793673
Ordinary
Sale
2,438
2.732
Ordinary
Sale
475
2.732

Total Purchases
885,244


Total Sales
3,519,650

(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






(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
Ordinary
Listed call-option
Expired
2,500,000
N/A
(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:
21/03/2016
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 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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