Form 8.3 - J Sainsbury Plc

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 “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 J Sainsbury 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: 11 February 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 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: 12,896,908 0.67% 10,638,909 0.55%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
10,151,256 0.53% 398,160 0.02%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 23,048,164 1.20% 11,037,069 0.57%
           
Class of relevant security: Convertible Bond XS1268412993
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 5,000,000 2.00% 1,500,000 0.60%
           
(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%
           
 
TOTAL: 5,000,000

2.00%

1,500,000 0.08%
           
Class of relevant security: Convertible Bond XS1139087933
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,500,000 0.33% 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%
           
 
TOTAL: 1,500,000 0.33% 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:  
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  
XS1268412993 Purchase 15,000,000 89.0000 GBP
XS1268412993 Sale 3,000,000 89.5380 GBP
XS1268412993 Sale 10,000,000 89.6500 GBP
ORD Purchase 179 2.3531 GBP
ORD Purchase 437 2.3615 GBP
ORD Purchase 438 2.3511 GBP
ORD Purchase 485 2.3655 GBP
ORD Purchase 625 2.3761 GBP
ORD Purchase 652 2.3686 GBP
ORD Purchase 665 2.3571 GBP
ORD Purchase 679 2.3691 GBP
ORD Purchase 706 2.3771 GBP
ORD Purchase 718 2.3441 GBP
ORD Purchase 718 2.3795 GBP
ORD Purchase 751 2.3606 GBP
ORD Purchase 841 2.3445 GBP
ORD Purchase 940 2.3631 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,092 2.3525 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,249 2.3505 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,308 2.3705 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,334 2.3645 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,345 2.3490 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,384 2.3390 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,459 2.3495 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,639 2.3601 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,759 2.3400 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,901 2.3685 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,953 2.3595 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,962 2.3605 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,065 2.3515 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,125 2.3635 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,236 2.3591 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,527 2.3651 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,735 2.3575 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,750 2.3545 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,860 2.3745 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,092 2.3585 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,165 2.3440 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,329 2.3666 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,447 2.3410 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,560 2.3430 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,292 2.3695 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,178 2.3763 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,119 2.3460 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,142 2.3840 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,912 2.3480 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,461 2.3520 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,519 2.3420 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,124 2.3470 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,124 2.3524 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,501 2.3555 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,532 2.3450 GBP
ORD Purchase 16,860 2.3620 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,839 2.3550 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,456 2.3540 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,541 2.3633 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,944 2.3647 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,157 2.3640 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,009 2.3800 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,186 2.3630 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,002 2.3510 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,383 2.3500 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,494 2.3530 GBP
ORD Purchase 24,474 2.3650 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,338 2.3710 GBP
ORD Purchase 26,870 2.3750 GBP
ORD Purchase 27,269 2.3610 GBP
ORD Purchase 27,798 2.3770 GBP
ORD Purchase 32,902 2.3810 GBP
ORD Purchase 35,722 2.3820 GBP
ORD Purchase 35,805 2.3740 GBP
ORD Purchase 38,945 2.3670 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,040 2.3720 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,072 2.3680 GBP
ORD Purchase 43,859 2.3730 GBP
ORD Purchase 44,804 2.3790 GBP
ORD Purchase 46,129 2.3560 GBP
ORD Purchase 50,066 2.3760 GBP
ORD Purchase 54,110 2.3657 GBP
ORD Purchase 54,853 2.3719 GBP
ORD Purchase 58,179 2.3580 GBP
ORD Purchase 60,358 2.3700 GBP
ORD Purchase 60,817 2.3690 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,060 2.3570 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,689 2.3600 GBP
ORD Purchase 65,184 2.3702 GBP
ORD Purchase 71,359 2.3590 GBP
ORD Purchase 71,997 2.3692 GBP
ORD Purchase 82,110 2.3660 GBP
ORD Purchase 84,120 2.3780 GBP
ORD Purchase 91,338 2.3667 GBP
ORD Purchase 221,101 2.3649 GBP
ORD Sale 263 2.3744 GBP
ORD Sale 624 2.3510 GBP
ORD Sale 625 2.3605 GBP
ORD Sale 658 2.3420 GBP
ORD Sale 756 2.3515 GBP
ORD Sale 841 2.3445 GBP
ORD Sale 1,092 2.3595 GBP
ORD Sale 1,092 2.3525 GBP
ORD Sale 1,249 2.3705 GBP
ORD Sale 1,249 2.3505 GBP
ORD Sale 1,249 2.3490 GBP
ORD Sale 1,316 2.3645 GBP
ORD Sale 1,384 2.3390 GBP
ORD Sale 1,402 2.3430 GBP
ORD Sale 1,459 2.3495 GBP
ORD Sale 1,480 2.3440 GBP
ORD Sale 1,485 2.3470 GBP
ORD Sale 1,761 2.3585 GBP
ORD Sale 1,901 2.3685 GBP
ORD Sale 1,974 2.3500 GBP
ORD Sale 2,029 2.3575 GBP
ORD Sale 2,125 2.3635 GBP
ORD Sale 2,143 2.3520 GBP
ORD Sale 2,171 2.3650 GBP
ORD Sale 2,483 2.3555 GBP
ORD Sale 2,750 2.3545 GBP
ORD Sale 2,860 2.3745 GBP
ORD Sale 2,960 2.3410 GBP
ORD Sale 3,091 2.3460 GBP
ORD Sale 3,131 2.3710 GBP
ORD Sale 3,163 2.3610 GBP
ORD Sale 3,172 2.3550 GBP
ORD Sale 3,205 2.3480 GBP
ORD Sale 3,725 2.3770 GBP
ORD Sale 4,054 2.3695 GBP
ORD Sale 4,343 2.3660 GBP
ORD Sale 4,714 2.3840 GBP
ORD Sale 5,101 2.3620 GBP
ORD Sale 5,759 2.3450 GBP
ORD Sale 5,958 2.3800 GBP
ORD Sale 5,978 2.3630 GBP
ORD Sale 6,261 2.3750 GBP
ORD Sale 7,376 2.3530 GBP
ORD Sale 7,484 2.3590 GBP
ORD Sale 7,502 2.3540 GBP
ORD Sale 8,040 2.3691 GBP
ORD Sale 9,074 2.3720 GBP
ORD Sale 9,320 2.3659 GBP
ORD Sale 9,513 2.3820 GBP
ORD Sale 10,718 2.3670 GBP
ORD Sale 12,057 2.3740 GBP
ORD Sale 12,396 2.3560 GBP
ORD Sale 12,664 2.3810 GBP
ORD Sale 14,463 2.3570 GBP
ORD Sale 15,395 2.3780 GBP
ORD Sale 15,935 2.3662 GBP
ORD Sale 18,423 2.3760 GBP
ORD Sale 18,818 2.3640 GBP
ORD Sale 20,270 2.3730 GBP
ORD Sale 21,191 2.3600 GBP
ORD Sale 21,691 2.3534 GBP
ORD Sale 23,497 2.3790 GBP
ORD Sale 23,613 2.3680 GBP
ORD Sale 23,785 2.3690 GBP
ORD Sale 26,454 2.3580 GBP
ORD Sale 32,227 2.3700 GBP
ORD Sale 874,000 2.3900 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 373 2.3760 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 26,292 2.3665 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 1 2.3700 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 7,352 2.3647 GBP
ORD CFD Short 54,853 2.3719 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 141,625 2.3673 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”

(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?   NO
Date of disclosure: 12 Feb 2016
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 020 7773 0635

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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