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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

27th Jan 2016 11:06

RNS Number : 1637N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
27 January 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:

26/01/2016

(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

999,004

1.53 GBP

1.454 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Sale

407,704

1.555 GBP

1.454 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

23,564

1.475 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

16,798

1.475 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

46,932

1.475 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

97

1.499

GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

97

1.469

GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

109,551

1.475 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

148,174

1.489 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

8,546

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

25,060

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

13,207

1.501 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,094

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,642

1.501 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

19,086

1.483 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

4,906

1.5 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

7,523

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

392

1.502 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

12,470

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

42,654

1.484 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

49,566

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

84,474

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3,862

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

8,419

1.5 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

21,964

1.498 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

32,545

1.499 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

23,530

1.497 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,066

1.516 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,054

1.495 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

82

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

473

1.503 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3,174

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3,786

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,760

1.481 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

429

1.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,961

1.477 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

458

1.485 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

299

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

111

1.479 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

21

1.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

167

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

28

1.483 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

210

1.477 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

69

1.513 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

15

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

22

1.501 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

112

1.493 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

196

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

293

1.484 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

152

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

38

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

584

1.514 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,144

1.493 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

270

1.502 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,940

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,124

1.48 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

221

1.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3,700

1.485 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

8,143

1.477 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

5,427

1.483 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

14,117

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

7,112

1.497 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,108

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,427

1.487 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

11,864

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

3,745

1.518 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

284

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,666

1.506 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,577

1.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

369

1.519 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,138

1.486 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

4,871

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

884

1.499 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

115

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

522

1.488 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

58,875

1.488 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,221

1.525 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,840

1.501 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

4,614

1.487 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

459

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

20,490

1.474 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1,351

1.488 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

46,580

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,445

1.505 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

1,584

1.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,181

1.486 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

10,423

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

8,321

1.482 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,261

1.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

16,966

1.496 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

5,457

1.517 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

20,178

1.504 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

399

1.494 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

13,066

1.477 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

4,675

1.483 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Short

2,135

1.475 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

2,135

1.499 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

4,622

1.482 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1,485

1.482 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1,666

1.481 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1,669

1.483 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B19NKB76

Swaps

Long

1,977

1.476 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:

27/01/2016

Contact name:

Kim Oakley

Telephone number:

0207 996 0275

 

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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