Form 8.3 - HOME RETAIL GROUP PLC
BARCLAYS PLC
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | 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: | 14 January 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | |||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | |||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 7,842,475 | 0.96% | 9,065,946 | 1.11% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
4,883,099 | 0.60% | 4,002,120 | 0.49% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 12,725,574 | 1.56% | 13,068,066 | 1.61% |
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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 590 | 1.4940 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 654 | 1.5008 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 832 | 1.5310 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 1,226 | 8.7173 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,281 | 1.4820 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,878 | 1.4933 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,270 | 1.5220 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 8,400 | 8.7323 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,694 | 1.4946 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 12,165 | 1.5015 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,000 | 1.5251 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 18,096 | 1.5090 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,715 | 1.5183 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 36,057 | 1.5111 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 258,636 | 1.5084 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 201 | 1.4640 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 557 | 1.4941 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 623 | 1.4940 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 1.5271 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 748 | 1.4798 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 774 | 1.5350 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 1,226 | 8.7173 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,800 | 1.4575 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,003 | 1.5247 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,029 | 1.5235 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,123 | 1.5270 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,928 | 1.5169 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,090 | 1.5166 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,578 | 1.4972 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 8,400 | 8.7323 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,892 | 1.5161 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,198 | 1.5399 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,880 | 1.5127 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 17,388 | 1.5266 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 66,187 | 1.5043 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 66,243 | 1.5265 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 800 | 1.5088 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,765 | 1.5310 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 7,213 | 1.4941 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 17,388 | 1.5267 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 17,391 | 1.4740 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 17,562 | 1.4840 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 19,540 | 1.5466 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 72,200 | 1.5257 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 3,491 | 1.5242 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 8,694 | 1.4946 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 4,949 | 1.5402 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 10,000 | 1.5101 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 14,514 | 1.5138 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 14,514 | 1.5138 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 32,993 | 1.5163 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 243,447 | 1.5051 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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†|
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 15 Jan 2016 | ||
Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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.
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