Form 8.3 - J SAINSBURY 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. | |
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(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
 | positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |  | |||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose |
J SAINSBURY PLC |
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 | 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 June 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? | HOME RETAIL GROUP |
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 | ORD | |||||||||
 | Interests |  | Short Positions | ||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 9,958,677 | 0.52% | 11,186,177 | 0.58% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
9,936,345 | 0.52% | 339,432 | 0.02% | ||||||||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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TOTAL: | 20,895,022 | 1.09% | 11,525,609 | 0.60% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Convertible Bond XS1268412993 | ||||||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 0 | 0.00% | 200,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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TOTAL: | 0 | 0.00% | 200,000 | 0.01% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Convertible Bond XS1139087933 | ||||||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 4,700,000 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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TOTAL: | 4,700,000 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | ADR | ||||||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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TOTAL: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 11 | 2.5870 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 36 | 2.5880 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 184 | 2.5840 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 275 | 2.6370 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 521 | 2.6419 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 641 | 2.5950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 641 | 2.5820 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 800 | 2.5620 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,254 | 2.6460 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,437 | 2.5651 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,467 | 2.5725 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,046 | 2.5665 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,060 | 2.5640 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,093 | 2.6360 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,097 | 2.5661 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,248 | 2.6280 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,293 | 2.6440 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,418 | 2.5790 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,607 | 2.6450 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,637 | 2.6480 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,658 | 2.5630 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,701 | 2.6420 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,772 | 2.6285 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,047 | 2.5595 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,476 | 2.6250 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,819 | 2.5625 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,850 | 2.5680 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,014 | 2.5740 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 4,200 | 14.7300 USD | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 4,400 | 14.7231 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,576 | 2.5729 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,730 | 2.6426 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,121 | 2.5645 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,753 | 2.5660 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,760 | 2.5670 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,062 | 2.5682 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,084 | 2.5730 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,868 | 2.5934 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,297 | 2.5685 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,543 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,611 | 2.5735 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,913 | 2.6495 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,057 | 2.5690 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 12,704 | 2.6198 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,456 | 2.5710 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,950 | 2.5966 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 14,112 | 2.5615 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 15,578 | 2.5605 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 16,616 | 2.5800 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 18,760 | 2.5610 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 20,935 | 2.5709 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 22,151 | 2.5859 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 22,505 | 2.5720 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 23,368 | 2.5655 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 24,358 | 2.6026 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 25,374 | 2.5756 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 25,407 | 2.6067 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 25,407 | 2.6286 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 30,515 | 2.5635 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 32,299 | 2.5646 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 35,793 | 2.5816 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 39,736 | 2.5879 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 41,942 | 2.5650 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 56,181 | 2.5922 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 81,944 | 2.5997 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 93,214 | 2.5668 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 106,891 | 2.5887 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 136,958 | 2.6000 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 602,885 | 2.5758 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11 | 2.5870 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 36 | 2.5880 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 135 | 2.6500 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 184 | 2.5840 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 2.5600 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 641 | 2.5950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 641 | 2.5820 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 800 | 2.5620 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 968 | 2.6712 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,219 | 2.5725 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,235 | 2.5685 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,254 | 2.6460 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,437 | 2.5651 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,820 | 2.6515 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,960 | 2.5730 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,060 | 2.5640 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,093 | 2.6360 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,097 | 2.5661 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,248 | 2.6280 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,293 | 2.6440 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,339 | 2.6476 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,418 | 2.5790 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,438 | 2.5710 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,607 | 2.6450 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,637 | 2.6480 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,658 | 2.5630 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,701 | 2.6420 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,772 | 2.6285 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,924 | 2.6481 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,924 | 2.6457 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,047 | 2.5595 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,216 | 2.6320 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,476 | 2.6250 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,819 | 2.5625 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,845 | 2.5670 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,852 | 2.6019 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,014 | 2.5740 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 4,200 | 14.7300 USD | ||||
ADR | Sale | 4,400 | 14.7231 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,429 | 2.5635 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,121 | 2.5645 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,753 | 2.5660 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,849 | 2.6561 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,849 | 2.6735 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,961 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,000 | 2.6312 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,538 | 2.5610 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,945 | 2.6452 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,821 | 2.5665 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11,479 | 2.5956 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,204 | 2.5766 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,712 | 2.5720 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,112 | 2.5615 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,843 | 2.5690 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,578 | 2.5605 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,960 | 2.5745 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 17,626 | 2.5946 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 19,420 | 2.6207 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 20,921 | 2.5683 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 21,826 | 2.6495 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 22,608 | 2.5655 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 38,613 | 2.6190 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 41,901 | 2.5650 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 45,914 | 2.5941 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 51,510 | 2.5746 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 55,969 | 2.6240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 158,464 | 2.5905 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 255,000 | 2.5867 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 484,678 | 2.5662 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 | 2,339 | 2.6476 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,449 | 2.5899 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 2,924 | 2.6457 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 2,924 | 2.6481 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 3,696 | 2.5596 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 3,736 | 2.6737 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 5,849 | 2.6561 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 5,849 | 2.6735 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 6,128 | 2.6466 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 17,626 | 2.5946 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 20,921 | 2.5683 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 38,613 | 2.6190 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 38,953 | 2.5657 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 221,696 | 2.5993 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 700 | 2.6490 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,000 | 2.6550 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,082 | 2.6035 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,900 | 2.5708 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 4,900 | 2.6408 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 7,062 | 2.5682 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 7,062 | 2.5685 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 8,400 | 2.5616 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 10,813 | 2.5939 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 12,704 | 2.6197 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 12,970 | 2.5732 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 17,228 | 2.5950 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 17,707 | 2.5644 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 20,000 | 2.5622 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 25,407 | 2.6067 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 25,407 | 2.6286 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 26,454 | 2.6287 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 41,106 | 2.5642 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 50,080 | 2.6274 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 52,108 | 2.5688 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 79,680 | 2.5922 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 137,496 | 2.6020 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†|
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? | Â | YES |
Date of disclosure: | 2 Jun 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.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | Barclays PLC. |
are being disclosed: | Â | |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | J SAINSBURY PLC | |
relevant securities this from relates: | Â |
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
option | |||||||||||||
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 1,000,000 | 260.0000 | American | 15 Dec 2017 |
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: |
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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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