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) Full name of discloser: | Â |
Barclays PLC. |
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed,
if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities
this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
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J SAINSBURY PLC |
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: | Â | Â |
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure |
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22 April 2016 |
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser
making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A†|
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YES 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 | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 10,541,231 | 0.55% | 10,298,502 | 0.53% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
8,059,103 | 0.42% | 336,377 | 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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(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 19,600,334 | 1.02% | 10,634,879 | 0.55% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Â | Convertible Bond XS1268412993 | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 3,300,000 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 3,300,000 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Â | Convertible Bond XS1139087933 | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 4,700,000 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 4,700,000 | 0.24% | 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
(a) | Â | Purchases and sales | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 177 | 2.9200 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 507 | 2.9240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 548 | 2.9329 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 769 | 2.9330 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,040 | 2.9270 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,070 | 2.9360 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,103 | 2.9010 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,429 | 2.8940 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,603 | 2.9180 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,603 | 2.9320 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,604 | 2.9150 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,053 | 2.9280 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,089 | 2.9350 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 2,418 | 16.7365 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,497 | 2.9260 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,991 | 2.9364 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,206 | 2.9310 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,718 | 2.9300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,776 | 2.9242 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,833 | 2.9328 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,000 | 2.9271 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,390 | 2.9340 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,943 | 2.9290 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 15,401 | 2.9309 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 17,943 | 2.8870 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,818 | 2.9190 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 79,300 | 2.9314 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 271,000 | 2.8900 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 53 | 2.8974 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 177 | 2.9200 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 769 | 2.9330 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 887 | 2.9270 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 907 | 2.8973 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,070 | 2.9360 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,103 | 2.9010 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,429 | 2.8940 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,603 | 2.9320 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,604 | 2.9150 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,746 | 2.9290 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,823 | 2.9180 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,053 | 2.9280 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,089 | 2.9350 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 2,418 | 16.7365 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,497 | 2.9260 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,206 | 2.9310 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,216 | 2.9170 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,718 | 2.9300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,776 | 2.9202 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,839 | 2.9274 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,094 | 2.9304 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,781 | 2.9379 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,390 | 2.9340 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,900 | 2.9325 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 19,750 | 2.9240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 21,458 | 2.9291 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 23,267 | 2.9269 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 24,936 | 2.8931 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 25,929 | 2.9299 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 28,587 | 2.9244 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 55,074 | 2.9261 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 68,449 | 2.9243 GBP |
(b) | Â | Cash-settled derivative transactions | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 1,000 | 2.8916 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 1,000 | 2.8966 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 1,429 | 2.8936 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 2,000 | 2.8856 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 4,043 | 2.9297 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 4,776 | 2.9202 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 4,836 | 2.9237 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 10,953 | 2.9287 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 12,897 | 2.9259 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 19,543 | 2.9266 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 34,452 | 2.9308 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 57,542 | 2.9261 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 30,718 | 2.9166 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 68,360 | 2.9286 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 68,360 | 2.9286 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 29 | 2.9393 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 500 | 2.9330 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 595 | 2.9276 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 4,776 | 2.9242 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 4,800 | 2.9291 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 5,400 | 2.8873 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 9,033 | 2.9304 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 22,098 | 2.9302 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 79,300 | 2.9313 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: | Â |
25 April 2016 |
Contact name: |
Pinar Coktas |
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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
Full name of person making disclosure: | Â |
Barclays PLC. |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates: |
SAINSBURY(J) |
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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