Form 8.3 - HOME RETAIL GROUP PLC

LONDON--()--

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:   Barclays PLC.
     
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

HOME RETAIL GROUP PLC

  relevant securities this form relates:  
(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: 01 August 2016
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? J SAINSBURY 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:   ORD
  Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 17,321,533 2.13% 1,314,363 0.16%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
159,639 0.02% 16,304,144 2.00%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 17,481,172 2.15% 17,618,507 2.17%

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 854 1.5374 GBP
ORD Purchase 930 1.5360 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,062 1.5350 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,964 1.5412 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,120 1.5430 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,498 1.5380 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,785 1.5405 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,579 1.5397 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,631 1.5400 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,102 1.5370 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,879 1.5420 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,240 1.5416 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,614 1.5385 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,986 1.5375 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,907 1.5410 GBP
ORD Purchase 14,664 1.5391 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,801 1.5390 GBP
ORD Purchase 23,658 1.5389 GBP
ORD Purchase 98,113 1.5415 GBP
ORD Purchase 116,119 1.5394 GBP
ORD Purchase 200,000 1.5402 GBP
ORD Purchase 308,792 1.5387 GBP
ORD Sale 50 1.5412 GBP
ORD Sale 97 1.5340 GBP
ORD Sale 930 1.5360 GBP
ORD Sale 2,876 1.5411 GBP
ORD Sale 3,120 1.5430 GBP
ORD Sale 3,352 1.5350 GBP
ORD Sale 3,498 1.5380 GBP
ORD Sale 3,949 1.5390 GBP
ORD Sale 4,631 1.5400 GBP
ORD Sale 5,102 1.5370 GBP
ORD Sale 5,879 1.5420 GBP
ORD Sale 6,388 1.5378 GBP
ORD Sale 6,614 1.5385 GBP
ORD Sale 7,326 1.5410 GBP
ORD Sale 8,986 1.5375 GBP
ORD Sale 12,444 1.5386 GBP
ORD Sale 15,271 1.5381 GBP
ORD Sale 17,479 1.5405 GBP
ORD Sale 17,624 1.5392 GBP
ORD Sale 36,540 1.5396 GBP
ORD Sale 80,889 1.5379 GBP
ORD Sale 98,113 1.5415 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD CFD Long 2,689 1.5367 GBP
ORD CFD Long 12,906 1.5387 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 13,402 1.5394 GBP
ORD CFD Long 68,743 1.5373 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 200 1.5380 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 4,540 1.5367 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 20,000 1.5388 GBP
ORD CFD Short 122,468 1.5412 GBP
ORD CFD Short 135,075 1.5391 GBP
ORD CFD Short 308,792 1.5387 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(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”

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”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure: 2 Aug 2016
Contact name: Pinar Coktas
Telephone number: 020 7116 1165

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 540750
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20160802T125401+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC