Form 8.3 - J Sainsbury 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)  Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed: Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP
Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management LP
Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion acting on behalf of various funds
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 

J Sainsbury Plc

 
(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: 14 March 2016
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  

Home Retail Group Plc

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:

 
28 4/7p Ordinary :
ISIN: GB00B019KW72
 

 
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:        
(2)  Derivatives CFD (other than options):

 
     

-3,623,660
 

-0.188%
(3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:      
TOTAL:      

-3,623,660
 

-0.188%

Class of relevant convertible:

 
Convertible bonds due November 2019
ISIN: XS1139087933

 
 

 
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1)  Relevant convertible owned and/or controlled: 11,100,000 2.467%    
(2)  Derivatives (other than options):

 
       
(3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:        
 

  TOTAL:
11,100,000 2.467%    

Class of relevant security:

 
Perpetual convertible bonds
ISIN: XS1268412993

 
 

 
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:        
(2)  Derivatives (other than options):

 
       
(3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:        
 

  TOTAL:
       

Class of relevant security:

 
ADRs
ISIN: US4662492085
 

 
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:        
(2)  Derivatives (other than options):

 
       
(3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:        
 

  TOTAL:
       

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security Purchase/sale

 
Number of securities Price per unit
Convertible bonds due November 2019      

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities Price per unit
GBP
28 4/7p Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 32,570 2.806 P
28 4/7p Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 4,000 2.801 p
28 4/7p Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 36,000 2.80 p
28 4/7p Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 7,000 2.74 p
28 4/7p Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 14,000 2.75 p

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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)        Exercising

Class of relevant security Product description
e.g. call option
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)
   

 
   

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:
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:
15 March 2016
Contact name:
Deborah Gewinner
Telephone number:
+44 203 751 54 12

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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.


Attachments

Form 8.3-J Sainsbury Plc