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RNS Number : 9508N
UBS AG (EPT)
03 February 2016
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:
UBS Investment Bank, London
(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:
Connected advisor to J Sainsbury Plc offeror to Home Retail Group Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
02 February 2016
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES
Home Retail Group Plc
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(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
28 4/7p ordinary
Buy
6401011
2.527 
GBP
2.471 
GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
Sell
6805557
2.527 
GBP
2.431 
GBP
Convertible Bond (19 Nov)
Buy
3000000
1.0375
GBP
1.0375
GBP
(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
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
900
2.491721 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
117800
2.485139 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
440
2.483266 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
25599
2.490532 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
1414
2.496277 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
47600
2.493334 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
56529
2.485347 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
205928
2.497945 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
30768
2.505 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
4014
2.500342 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
321000
2.488 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
130600
2.496757 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Long
300
2.481 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Short
28606
2.488947 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Short
56374
2.490294 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Short
279515
2.47551 GBP
28 4/7p ordinary
CFD
Short
416399
2.506827 GBP
(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)



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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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:
03 February 2016
Contact name:
Achal Khanna
Telephone number:
+44 (0)20 7568 1245
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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