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J SainsburyAnnouncement

31/08/2016 13:10

RNS Number : 5760I
Societe Generale SA
31 August 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
30/08/2016
(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: 5,352,109 Shares interests and 23,202,976
short position
ADR (referencing the ordinary) : 23,504 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position
Where (1 ADR = 4 ordinary share)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
5,375,613
0.28
23,202,976
1.20
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
20,306,148
1.05
372
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
7,222,000
0.38
4,534,242
0.24
 TOTAL:
32,903,761
1.71
27,737,590
1.44
Class of relevant security:
Convertible bonds due November 2019
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
5,500,000
1.22
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:
5,500,000
1.22
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
1,623
2.410801
Ordinary
Purchase
20,654
2.4199477
Ordinary
Purchase
265
2.428
Ordinary
Purchase
436
2.4385894
Ordinary
Purchase
52
2.432
Ordinary
Purchase
2
2.431
Ordinary
Purchase
7
2.434
Ordinary
Purchase
24
2.431
Ordinary
Purchase
22,849
2.420242
Ordinary
Purchase
18
2.438
Ordinary
Purchase
30,198
2.4114466
Ordinary
Purchase
35,470
2.4229275
Ordinary
Purchase
20,264
2.4180981
Ordinary
Purchase
16
2.406
Ordinary
Purchase
126,488
2.420608
Ordinary
Purchase
6,425
2.4265914
Ordinary
Purchase
35,935
2.428
Ordinary
Purchase
66
2.428
Ordinary
Purchase
354,981
2.427427
Ordinary
Purchase
441
2.431
Ordinary
Sale
1,041
2.4219981
Ordinary
Sale
24
2.423
Ordinary
Sale
4
2.438
Ordinary
Sale
15,198
2.4320904
Ordinary
Sale
17,945
2.428
Ordinary
Sale
66,104
2.4333978
Ordinary
Sale
65,291
2.4313754
Ordinary
Sale
1,122
2.434429
Ordinary
Sale
541
2.435764
Ordinary
Sale
21
2.4345
Ordinary
Sale
2,095
2.4203
Ordinary
Sale
5,388
2.420313
Ordinary
Sale
5,046
2.424857
Ordinary
Sale
12,610
2.424859
Ordinary
Sale
12,989
2.424859
Ordinary
Sale
32,415
2.424859
Ordinary
Sale
20,534
2.426471
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
2.430161
Ordinary
Sale
291
2.434562
Ordinary
Sale
1,870
2.43456
Ordinary
Sale
5,147
2.430158
Ordinary
Sale
4,996
2.430157
Ordinary
Sale
12,848
2.430157
Ordinary
Sale
5,960
2.408018
Ordinary
Sale
2,316
2.408016
Ordinary
Sale
2,377
2.425966
Ordinary
Sale
1,261
2.417654
Ordinary
Sale
3,774
2.430979
Ordinary
Sale
9,409
2.42336
Ordinary
Sale
3,661
2.42336
Ordinary
Sale
13,194
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
1,466
2.423357
Ordinary
Sale
5,281
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
18,473
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
3,767
2.423357
Ordinary
Sale
33,920
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
13,591
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
47,513
2.427951
Ordinary
Sale
7,988
2.426464
Ordinary
Sale
57,198
2.421076
Ordinary
Sale
1,553
2.422017
Ordinary
Sale
25,813
2.428075
Ordinary
Sale
66,357
2.428077

Total Purchases
656,214


Total Sales
610,392

 
(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
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,122
2.434429
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
541
2.435764
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
21
2.4345
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
2,095
2.4203
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
5,388
2.420313
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
5,046
2.424857
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
12,610
2.424859
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
12,989
2.424859
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
32,415
2.424859
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
20,534
2.426471
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
2,000
2.430161
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
291
2.434562
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,870
2.43456
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
5,147
2.430158
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
4,996
2.430157
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
12,848
2.430157
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
5,960
2.408018
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
2,316
2.408016
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
2,377
2.425966
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,261
2.417654
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
3,774
2.430979
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
9,409
2.423360
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
3,661
2.423360
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
13,194
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,466
2.423357
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
5,281
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
18,473
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
3,767
2.423357
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
33,920
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
13,591
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
47,513
2.427951
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
7,988
2.426464
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
57,198
2.421076
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,553
2.422017
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
25,813
2.428075
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
66,357
2.428077

(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:
31/08/2016
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 Note
Sale
3,242
N/A
N/A
28/04/2017
Ordinary
Listed Call-option
Purchase
22,000
2.8
American options
16/06/2017
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
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
10,000
2.5
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,040,000
2.6
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
76,000
2.4
American options
15/12/2017
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
1,600,000
2.2
American options
17/03/2017
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Purchase
50,000
2.4
American options
16/06/2017
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
3,600,000
1.6
American options
18/09/2020
Ordinary
Listed put-option
Sale
3,600,000
1.8
American options
19/03/2021
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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