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Form 8.3 - J Sainsbury Plc

16th Mar 2016 15:00

RNS Number : 2879S

Citadel Group

16 March 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:	Citadel Group
(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	15 March, 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

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:	Convertible Bond ISIN XS1268412993
	Interests		Short Positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	6,000,000	2.40	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:	6,000,000	2.40	0	0.00

Class of relevant security:	Common Stock ISIN GB00B019KW72
	Interests		Short Positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	60,897	0.00	0	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	67,231	0.00	3,768,534	0.20
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	128,128	0.01	3,768,534	0.20

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 ISIN GB00B019KW72	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Common Stock	Purchase	1,378	2.77 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	16,439	2.772 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	36,281	2.773 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	48,226	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	29,637	2.775 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	12,877	2.776 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	4,222	2.777 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	23,596	2.778 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	16,928	2.779 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	41,816	2.78 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	6,733	2.781 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	1,020	2.782 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	2,918	2.783 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	1,813	2.784 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	6,122	2.785 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	6,138	2.786 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	9,273	2.787 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	17,902	2.788 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	48,827	2.789 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	63,883	2.79 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	26,336	2.791 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	21,332	2.792 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	36,184	2.793 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	41,461	2.794 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	27,407	2.795 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	10,603	2.796 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	42,856	2.797 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	84,785	2.798 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	155,328	2.799 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	255,807	2.8 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	24,741	2.801 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	18,501	2.802 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	31,190	2.803 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	4,277	2.804 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	3,505	2.805 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	7,262	2.806 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	5,921	2.807 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	6,848	2.808 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	2,226	2.809 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	8	2.81 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	1,859	2.811 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	5,410	2.812 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	10,648	2.813 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	21,475	2.814 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	7,019	2.815 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	2,875	2.816 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	20,208	2.817 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	1,221	2.818 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	3,559	2.821 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	3,257	2.822 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	2,346	2.823 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	1,651	2.824 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	4,973	2.825 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	4,231	2.826 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	4,335	2.827 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	654	2.828 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	5,690	2.829 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	5,358	2.83 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	3,173	2.831 GBP
Common Stock	Purchase	824	2.832 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-1,308	2.771 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-29,243	2.772 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-15,518	2.773 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-81,445	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-2,698	2.775 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-1,798	2.776 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-14,447	2.777 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-22,942	2.778 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-10,394	2.779 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-23,777	2.78 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-3,915	2.781 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-17,985	2.782 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-1,732	2.783 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-18,216	2.784 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-4,761	2.785 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-1,271	2.786 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-18,443	2.787 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-4,846	2.788 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-33,128	2.789 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-32,088	2.79 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-17,635	2.791 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-37,187	2.792 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-39,431	2.793 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-29,365	2.794 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-19,250	2.795 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-65,208	2.796 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-73,097	2.797 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-133,516	2.798 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-201,473	2.799 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-72,512	2.8 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-22,507	2.801 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-10,072	2.802 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-16,120	2.803 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-4,822	2.804 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-5,572	2.805 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-408	2.807 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-3,000	2.808 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-8,379	2.809 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-2,811	2.81 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-1,439	2.811 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-7,293	2.812 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-4,791	2.813 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-6,272	2.814 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-6,014	2.815 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-8,893	2.816 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-12,601	2.817 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-18,341	2.818 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-12,999	2.819 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-5,431	2.82 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-8,704	2.821 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-9,145	2.822 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-2,405	2.823 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-870	2.824 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-10,898	2.825 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-10,244	2.826 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-10,026	2.827 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-3,634	2.828 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-416	2.829 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-24,456	2.83 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-11,538	2.831 GBP
Common Stock	Sale	-551	2.833 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security ISIN GB00B019KW72	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
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing long position	15,632	2.785364 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing short position	-13,505	2.792094 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing short position	-570	2.795272 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing short position	-4,900	2.79622 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing short position	-37,355	2.796582 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Increasing short position	-76,535	2.799651 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing long position	-45,849	2.791207 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing long position	-1,716	2.791207 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing long position	-34	2.795272 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing long position	-11,440	2.796774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing long position	-4,158	2.796887 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	939	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	3,956	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	39,997	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	48,504	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	111,550	2.774 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	5,914	2.774411 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	23,655	2.774411 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	570	2.774653 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	13,879	2.774818 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	3,470	2.774819 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	1,298	2.775 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	5,195	2.775 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	51,435	2.790926 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	166,328	2.790926 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	293,284	2.790926 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	3,771	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	45,391	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	75,195	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	97,144	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	136,400	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	164,428	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	181,573	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	193,305	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	573,890	2.793831 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	9,323	2.794708 GBP
Common Stock	CFD	Reducing short position	150,465	2.794708 GBP

(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?

Date of disclosure:	16 March, 2016
Contact name:	Pauline Rogers
Telephone number:	020 7645 9708

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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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