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 | |||
 | 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: | 05 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? | 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 13,053,255 | 0.68% | 11,773,516 | 0.61% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
10,638,673 | 0.55% | 4,729,445 | 0.25% | ||||||||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 1,300,000 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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TOTAL: | 24,991,928 | 1.30% | 16,502,961 | 0.86% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Â | Convertible Bond XS1268412993 | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 0 | 0.00% | 300,000 | 0.02% | |||||||
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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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TOTAL: | 0 | 0.00% | 300,000 | 0.02% | |||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Â | Convertible Bond XS1139087933 | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 1,600,000 | 0.08% | 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: | 1,600,000 | 0.08% | 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 | 2.2780 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 302 | 2.2790 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 396 | 2.3030 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 399 | 2.2650 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 400 | 2.2980 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 400 | 2.2970 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 531 | 2.2880 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 2.2955 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,127 | 2.2885 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,420 | 2.2810 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,603 | 2.2890 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,604 | 2.2930 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,604 | 2.2840 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,054 | 2.2908 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,062 | 2.2869 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,063 | 2.3025 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,075 | 2.2850 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,224 | 2.2710 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,074 | 2.2720 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,082 | 2.2910 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,151 | 2.2965 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,630 | 2.2760 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,722 | 2.2964 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 4,242 | 12.2070 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,623 | 2.2740 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,752 | 2.2950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,924 | 2.2730 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,384 | 2.2972 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,034 | 2.2960 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,161 | 2.2900 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,721 | 2.2750 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,236 | 2.2987 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,655 | 2.2770 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,066 | 2.2835 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,355 | 2.2830 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 15,074 | 2.3006 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,965 | 2.2860 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 31,134 | 2.2803 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 31,183 | 2.2976 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 31,595 | 2.2999 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 39,336 | 2.2875 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 42,693 | 2.2991 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 124,265 | 2.2833 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 171,155 | 2.2995 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11 | 2.2780 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 235 | 2.3005 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 289 | 2.2830 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 302 | 2.2790 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 318 | 2.3022 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 399 | 2.2650 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 2.2980 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 2.2970 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 531 | 2.2880 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 685 | 2.2990 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 2.2955 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,127 | 2.2885 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,420 | 2.2810 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,603 | 2.2890 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,604 | 2.2840 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,604 | 2.2930 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,790 | 2.3000 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,815 | 2.2746 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,983 | 2.3009 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,063 | 2.3025 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,075 | 2.2850 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,224 | 2.2710 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,936 | 2.2894 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,000 | 2.2870 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,074 | 2.2720 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,082 | 2.2910 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,151 | 2.2965 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,630 | 2.2760 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 4,242 | 12.2070 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,623 | 2.2740 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,752 | 2.2950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,769 | 2.3029 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,924 | 2.2730 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,034 | 2.2960 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,161 | 2.2900 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,396 | 2.2770 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,124 | 2.2750 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,856 | 2.2976 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,969 | 2.2860 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,066 | 2.2835 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,093 | 2.2781 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 16,758 | 2.3001 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 21,844 | 2.2855 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 23,475 | 2.3023 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 32,781 | 2.2845 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 34,822 | 2.2823 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 39,802 | 2.2838 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 47,050 | 2.2998 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 63,883 | 2.2851 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 104,787 | 2.2844 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 132,063 | 2.2992 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 | 1,815 | 2.2746 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 2,936 | 2.2894 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 12,041 | 2.2919 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 13,406 | 2.2907 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 14,093 | 2.2781 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 16,235 | 2.2807 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 47,050 | 2.2998 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 129,402 | 2.2835 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 130,202 | 2.2839 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 8,484 | 2.2978 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 15,074 | 2.3005 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 8,354 | 2.2963 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 18,080 | 2.2862 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 11,362 | 2.2729 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 28,427 | 2.2812 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 31,595 | 2.2999 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 42,693 | 2.2991 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 145,555 | 2.2840 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: | 8 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.
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 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 300,000 | 230.0000 | American | 16 Sep 2016 |
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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