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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

13th Apr 2016 11:34

RNS Number : 0841V
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
13 April 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

J Sainsbury PLC

(c)

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

Home Retail Group PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

12/04/2016

(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:

(Home Retail Group 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

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Purchase

5,000,000

100.1 GBP

100.1 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Purchase

3,479,171

2.909 GBP

2.836 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Sale

5,059,413

2.909 GBP

2.836 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 GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

2,651

2.87 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

3,177

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

363

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

3,177

2.87 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

826

2.856 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

8,602

2.856 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

6,789

2.884 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

443

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,147,799

2.86 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

1,147,799

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

7,839

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

3,500

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

2,510

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,105

2.878 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

82,180

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

3,252

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

520

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

200

2.868 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

6,671

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

5,948

2.878 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

2,234

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

4,321

2.862 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

14,400

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

2,178

2.851 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

2,845

2.881 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

3,200

2.877 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,360

2.878 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

492

2.875 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,600

2.86 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

6,361

2.86 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

3,043

2.845 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

118,170

2.845 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

75,493

2.86 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

118,170

2.86 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

28,878

2.88 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

28,878

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

3,690

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

5,192

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

15,000

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

7,814

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

11,500

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

23,930

2.844 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

11,500

2.875 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

18,898

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

416

2.861 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

6,000

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

14,000

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

229

2.879 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

804

2.879 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

16,811

2.879 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

247

2.879 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

357

2.879 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

25,000

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

27,168

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

5,126

2.869 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

25,000

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

50,000

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

2,041

2.875 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

51,030

2.856 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

25,000

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

500,000

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

38,034

2.851 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

4,820

2.858 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

916,078

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

312,651

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

7,500

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

21,271

2.854 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

13,463

2.893 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

874,700

2.909 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

46,310

2.869 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

30,872

2.869 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

28,690

2.869 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

19,128

2.869 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

944

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

15,360

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

114

2.85 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

857

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,581

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

116

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

26,177

2.842 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,022

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

16,639

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

928

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,715

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

123

2.85 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

123

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

1,018

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

7

2.85 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

56

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

63

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

104

2.853 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Short

7

2.852 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

104,964

2.909 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

17,494

2.909 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

17,494

2.909 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

699,760

2.909 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B019KW72

Swaps

Long

34,988

2.909 GBP

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Swaps

Short

1,000

100.1 GBP

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Swaps

Short

40,000

100.1 GBP

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Swaps

Short

6,000

100.1 GBP

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Swaps

Short

2,000

100.1 GBP

Convertibles - ISIN XS1268412993

Swaps

Short

1,000

100.1 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:

13/04/2016

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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