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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

4th Mar 2016 11:30

RNS Number : 1095R
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
04 March 2016
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITYRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoserelevant securities this form relates:Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Home Retail Group PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Home Retail Group PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

03/03/2016

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is theexempt principal trader making disclosures inrespect of any other party to this offer?If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES

If YES, specify which:

(J Sainsbury 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 classof 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

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Purchase

490,740

1.823 GBP

1.78 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Sale

495,192

1.811 GBP

1.782 GBP

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. CFD

Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1621

1.815 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

6876

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

60383

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

21797

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

6238

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

21797

1.792 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

66621

1.788 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

8353

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

3994

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

3165

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

3155

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2639

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1770

1.792 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1112

1.797 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

600

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

580

1.797 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

554

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

241

1.792 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

137

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

119

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

90

1.788 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

58

1.808 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

964

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

864

1.798 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

723

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

532

1.798 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

487

1.798 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

303

1.805 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

289

1.805 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

282

1.797 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

212

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

180

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

128

1.786 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

8

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1489

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1308

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

809

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

394

1.801 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

342

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

309

1.791 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

152

1.795 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

95

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

67

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

18

1.791 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

10

1.808 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

4471

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

4136

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

3251

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1288

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

967

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

799

1.803 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

464

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

418

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

53

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

42

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

21

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

10634

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

9136

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

7417

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2582

1.792 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2172

1.797 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

856

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

764

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

171

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

123

1.788 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

75

1.808 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

5614

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

4411

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

3713

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2205

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1901

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1318

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1085

1.803 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

630

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

502

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

129

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

27

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2398

1.799 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1727

1.794 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

846

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

506

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

350

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

333

1.803 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

193

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

172

1.793 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

52

1.796 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

39

1.8 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

10

1.795 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

50000

1.786 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2631

1.792 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2631

1.791 GBP

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class ofrelevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number ofsecurities to which option relates

Exercise priceper unit

Typee.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Exercising/exercisedagainst

Number of securities

Exercise Price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

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:

04/03/2016

Contact name:

Harshini Gopa

Telephone number:

+44207 996 3410

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory InformationService 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'sdealing 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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