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Form 8.3 - J SAINSBURY PLC

13th Jul 2016 14:30

RNS Number : 1055E

Societe Generale SA

13 July 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:	Société Générale 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	12/07/2016
(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: 4,767,084 Shares interests and 13,087,678 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:	4,790,588	0.25	13,087,678	0.68
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	11,279,287	0.59	733,039	0.04
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	7,222,000	0.38	4,534,253	0.24
TOTAL:	23,291,875	1.21	18,354,970	0.95

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 Form 8 (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	191,246	2.2907187
Ordinary	Purchase	6,038	2.2928933
Ordinary	Purchase	42,038	2.2864825
Ordinary	Purchase	32	2.298
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.286
Ordinary	Purchase	7	2.302
Ordinary	Purchase	42,564	2.285113
Ordinary	Purchase	23	2.309
Ordinary	Purchase	1,034	2.3
Ordinary	Purchase	14,814	2.302
Ordinary	Purchase	298,144	2.298993
Ordinary	Sale	257	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	151,634	2.3005173
Ordinary	Sale	2,392	2.2959992
Ordinary	Sale	56,646	2.2990986
Ordinary	Sale	6,191	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	23	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,309	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,899	2.2969984
Ordinary	Sale	2	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	5,930	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	1,257	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	44,868	2.301787
Ordinary	Sale	30,016	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	11	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	544	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	2,864	2.301424
Ordinary	Sale	1,245	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	189	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	170	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	153	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	138	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	1,105	2.308
Ordinary	Sale	789	2.308
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.309
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.307
Ordinary	Sale	400	2.305
Ordinary	Sale	100	2.305
Ordinary	Sale	1,868	2.306
Ordinary	Sale	26	2.306
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.308
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.305
Ordinary	Sale	1,563	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	332	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	100	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	991	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	903	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	94	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,801	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,892	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.291
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.293
Ordinary	Sale	1,887	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	7	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	202	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,692	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,174	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,675	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	220	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	201	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	354	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	21	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	13	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	484	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	60	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	400	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	816	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,333	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	561	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,162	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	732	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	874	2.29
Ordinary	Sale	1,021	2.29
Ordinary	Sale	234	2.29
Ordinary	Sale	1,661	2.29
Ordinary	Sale	8	2.293
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.294
Ordinary	Sale	949	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	945	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	2,087	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	15	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	400	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	79	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	430	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	8	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	9	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	742	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,013	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	473	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	2,042	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,110	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	284	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	2,051	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,037	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	280	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	335	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	450	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	11	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,893	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	821	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	435	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,459	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	109	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.304
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	1,884	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	10	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	546	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	266	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	160	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,734	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,896	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	983	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	910	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,391	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	640	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	495	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	160	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	33	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	860	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	1,032	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	548	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	268	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,892	2.301
Ordinary	Sale	67	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,600	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	590	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	151	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,892	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,893	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	424	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	23	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,300	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	594	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,600	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	89	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,392	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,205	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	495	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	13	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,392	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	854	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	681	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,108	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	784	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,799	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	95	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,045	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	849	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	468	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	370	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,893	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	167	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,237	2.3
Ordinary	Sale	871	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,021	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	641	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	438	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	391	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	200	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,303	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,892	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	347	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	11	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	10	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	322	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	276	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	213	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	603	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	467	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	445	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	803	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	683	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	1,892	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	4	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	1,871	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	24	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	400	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,422	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	470	2.298
Ordinary	Sale	1,471	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	422	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,893	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	191	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,701	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,896	2.29
Ordinary	Sale	222	2.293
Ordinary	Sale	1,671	2.293
Ordinary	Sale	1,724	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	171	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	1,895	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	400	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	1,209	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	46	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	150	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	254	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	830	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	38,868	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	20,202	2.302
Ordinary	Sale	473	2.2995
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2995
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2995
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.3005
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.299
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2955
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.295
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2975
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2965
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2965
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2975
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2985
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.297
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2965
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2995
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2985
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2965
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2955
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2965
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.296
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2995
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2975
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2975
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2985
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.2955
Ordinary	Sale	401	2.293
Ordinary	Sale	14,814	2.302
	Total Purchases	595,951
	Total Sales	603,987

(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

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	13/07/2016
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 [email protected]. 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:	Société Générale 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	3,253	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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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