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Form 8.3 - Home Retail Group Plc

22nd Jan 2016 14:59

RNS Number : 7675M

D E Shaw & Co LP

22 January 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Home Retail Group 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:	January 21, 2016
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Yes: J Sainsbury Plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:	10p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	67,561	0.01
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	3,072,001	0.38	293,610	0.04
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	3,139,562	0.39	293,610	0.04

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(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
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	576	GBP 1.409
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	310	GBP 1.408
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	133	GBP 1.364
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	109	GBP 1.351
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	250	GBP 1.333
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	650	GBP 1.352
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	202	GBP 1.349
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1427	GBP 1.350
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	560	GBP 1.356
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	124	GBP 1.393
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	432	GBP 1.336
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	267	GBP 1.327
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	581	GBP 1.329
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	296	GBP 1.345
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	407	GBP 1.361
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1962	GBP 1.409
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1036	GBP 1.408
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	448	GBP 1.364
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	250	GBP 1.351
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	841	GBP 1.333
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	2051	GBP 1.352
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1741	GBP 1.349
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	4698	GBP 1.350
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1839	GBP 1.356
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	397	GBP 1.393
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1441	GBP 1.336
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	668	GBP 1.327
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1147	GBP 1.329
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	596	GBP 1.345
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	827	GBP 1.361
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1574	GBP 1.409
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	850	GBP 1.408
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	362	GBP 1.364
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	186	GBP 1.351
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	683	GBP 1.333
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1624	GBP 1.352
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1417	GBP 1.349
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	3790	GBP 1.350
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1484	GBP 1.356
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	331	GBP 1.393
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	1160	GBP 1.336
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	501	GBP 1.327
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	861	GBP 1.329
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	434	GBP 1.345
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a short position	662	GBP 1.361
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	200	GBP 1.409
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	200	GBP 1.431
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	101	GBP 1.408
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	103	GBP 1.380
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	104	GBP 1.365
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	422	GBP 1.351
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	500	GBP 1.335
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	506	GBP 1.343
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	105	GBP 1.348
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	200	GBP 1.346
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	830	GBP 1.352
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	106	GBP 1.347
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	211	GBP 1.353
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	106	GBP 1.350
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	106	GBP 1.357
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	105	GBP 1.366
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	105	GBP 1.358
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	105	GBP 1.354
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	105	GBP 1.356
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	200	GBP 1.360
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	2294	GBP 1.406
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	990	GBP 1.409
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	6046	GBP 1.425
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1044	GBP 1.420
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1291	GBP 1.387
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	7576	GBP 1.400
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	10870	GBP 1.398
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	471	GBP 1.388
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1292	GBP 1.395
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1500	GBP 1.396
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	500	GBP 1.407
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	9150	GBP 1.406
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	2062	GBP 1.364
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	2120	GBP 1.351
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	2243	GBP 1.348
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1858	GBP 1.346
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	10900	GBP 1.349
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1328	GBP 1.347
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	4177	GBP 1.353
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	21086	GBP 1.350
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	4866	GBP 1.360
10p ordinary	Swap	Reducing a long position	1088	GBP 1.355
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a long position	3094	GBP 1.328
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a long position	3313	GBP 1.333
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a long position	1259	GBP 1.331
10p ordinary	Swap	Increasing a long position	2780	GBP 1.348

(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(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

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:

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 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"

None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	January 22, 2016
Contact name:	Kevin Krist (Compliance Department)
Telephone number:	+44 (0) 20 7409 4420

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 [email protected]. 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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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