FORM 8.3 - SAINSBURY(J)
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 | SAINSBURY(J) | |||
 | 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: | 06 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? | 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: | 17,159,303 | 0.89% | 10,601,032 | 0.55% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
6,891,230 | 0.36% | 1,623,757 | 0.08% | ||||||||
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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: | 24,050,533 | 1.25% | 12,224,789 | 0.64% |
Class of relevant security: | Â | Â | Â | Convertible Bond XS1268412993 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 2,200,000 | 0.88% | 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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TOTAL: | 2,200,000 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
Class of relevant security: | Â | Â | Â | Convertible Bond XS1139087933 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 2,800,000 | 0.62% | 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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TOTAL: | 2,800,000 | 0.62% | 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 | 19 | 2.4170 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 360 | 14.1100 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 659 | 2.4265 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,274 | 2.4085 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,274 | 2.4230 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,274 | 2.4055 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,303 | 2.4010 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,385 | 2.4050 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,443 | 2.4090 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,104 | 2.4135 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,406 | 2.4245 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,428 | 2.4174 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,480 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,510 | 2.4160 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,523 | 2.4110 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,258 | 2.4240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,444 | 2.4066 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,822 | 2.4220 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,825 | 2.4260 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,984 | 2.4118 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,731 | 2.4111 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,430 | 2.4116 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 30,032 | 2.4071 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 30,581 | 2.4152 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 38,540 | 2.4093 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 47,141 | 2.4122 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 64,224 | 2.4172 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 71,990 | 2.4117 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 81,524 | 2.4130 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 87,118 | 2.4138 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 129,483 | 2.4167 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 212,392 | 2.4201 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 225,843 | 2.4141 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 235,100 | 2.4386 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 371,959 | 2.4105 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 19 | 2.4170 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 360 | 14.1100 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 659 | 2.4265 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,274 | 2.4055 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,274 | 2.4085 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,319 | 2.4270 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,385 | 2.4050 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,443 | 2.4090 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,510 | 2.4160 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,523 | 2.4110 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,104 | 2.4126 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,200 | 2.4006 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,288 | 2.4236 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,539 | 2.4230 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,409 | 2.4245 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,072 | 2.4220 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,354 | 2.4240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,856 | 2.4250 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,241 | 2.4239 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 12,049 | 2.4260 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 18,212 | 2.4286 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 18,958 | 2.4178 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 30,221 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 80,449 | 2.4122 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 236,735 | 2.4135 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 464,875 | 2.4115 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 | SWAP | Long | 400 | 2.4520 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,900 | 2.4635 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,800 | 2.4563 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 8,428 | 2.4109 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 7,295 | 2.4176 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 22,500 | 2.4273 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 46,523 | 2.4107 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 94,885 | 2.4112 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 125,431 | 2.4161 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 1,076 | 2.4128 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 1,464 | 2.4035 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 5,800 | 2.4247 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 6,939 | 2.4154 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 8,785 | 2.4257 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 15,990 | 2.4181 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 9,626 | 2.4208 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 24,600 | 2.4167 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 24,952 | 2.4169 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 17,938 | 2.4139 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 38,540 | 2.4093 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 61,679 | 2.4143 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 68,137 | 2.4179 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 70,225 | 2.4298 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 125,269 | 2.4153 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 235,100 | 2.4386 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: | 7 Jan 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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