FORM 8.3 - Home Retail Group Plc
FORM 8.3 - Home Retail Group 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. | |
| Â | Â | Â | |||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
| Â | positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | Â | |||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | Home Retail Group Plc | |||
| Â | relevant securities this form relates: | Â | |||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an | ||||
| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | |||||
| Â | offeror/offeree: | Â | |||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 17 February 2016 | |||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: | |||
| Â | disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | J Sainsbury 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 | ||||||||||
| Â | Â | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 4,290,502 | 0.53% | 9,718,131 | 1.19% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 4,312,232 | 0.53% | 1,167,341 | 0.14% | ||||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| Â | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 8,602,734 | 1.06% | 10,885,472 | 1.34% | |||||||
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 | 511 | 1.5340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,226 | 1.5380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,974 | 1.5303 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,592 | 1.5320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,691 | 1.5305 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,427 | 1.5290 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,128 | 1.5277 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,818 | 1.5342 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,308 | 1.5298 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 18,368 | 1.5300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 80,984 | 1.5270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 246,298 | 1.5287 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,101,399 | 1.5280 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 511 | 1.5340 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,226 | 1.5380 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,592 | 1.5320 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,026 | 1.5309 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,211 | 1.5278 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,928 | 1.5300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 20,542 | 1.5262 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 34,638 | 1.5285 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 42,755 | 1.5268 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100,664 | 1.5299 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 134,787 | 1.5270 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 172,222 | 1.5286 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 189,350 | 1.5291 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,464,713 | 1.5277 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 | 1,037 | 1.5108 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 5,081 | 1.5291 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 15,857 | 1.5284 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 22,156 | 1.5259 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 31,286 | 1.5296 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 14,970 | 1.5201 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 251,270 | 1.5294 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: | 18 Feb 2016 | ||
| Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
| 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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