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:

Société Générale S.A.

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(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:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

23/08/2016

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'

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:

Ordinary: 4,893,460 Shares interests and 22,044,351

short position

ADR (referencing the ordinary) : 23,504 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position

Where (1 ADR = 4 ordinary share)

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

4,916,964

0.26

22,044,351

1.14

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

18,971,827

0.99

372

0.00

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

7,222,000

0.38

4,534,242

0.24

TOTAL:

31,110,791

1.62

26,578,965

1.38

Class of relevant security:

Convertible bonds due November 2019

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

5,500,000

1.22

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:

5,500,000

1.22

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 security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

Ordinary

Purchase

22,864

2.4522686

Ordinary

Purchase

28

2.459

Ordinary

Purchase

34

2.459

Ordinary

Purchase

156,305

2.4504762

Ordinary

Purchase

2,480

2.449

Ordinary

Purchase

17,147

2.4507348

Ordinary

Purchase

915

2.449

Ordinary

Purchase

8,850

2.4525277

Ordinary

Sale

7,128

2.458475

Ordinary

Sale

4,543

2.4594658

Ordinary

Sale

46,138

2.4460612

Ordinary

Sale

11,993

2.4517519

Ordinary

Sale

6

2.448

Ordinary

Sale

8

2.424

Ordinary

Sale

53,396

2.449

Ordinary

Sale

105

2.449

Ordinary

Sale

2,928

2.4544296

Ordinary

Sale

1,942

2.449

Ordinary

Sale

1,088

2.431

Ordinary

Sale

26,608

2.4579

Ordinary

Sale

4,840

2.449

Total Purchases

208,623

Total Sales

160,723

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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

(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?

YES

Date of disclosure:

24/08/2016

Contact name:

Olivier Vero

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6821 / 6969

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 atmonitoring@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 atwww.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 'Code')

1. KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:

Société Générale S.A.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

J SAINSBURY PLC

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Ordinary

Euro Medium Term Note

Sale

3,242

N/A

N/A

28/04/2017

Ordinary

Listed Call-option

Purchase

22,000

2.8

American options

16/06/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

1,005,000

2.4

American options

16/12/2016

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

750,000

2.6

American options

21/12/2018

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

10,000

2.5

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

1,040,000

2.6

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

76,000

2.4

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

1,600,000

2.2

American options

17/03/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Purchase

50,000

2.4

American options

16/06/2017

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Sale

3,600,000

1.6

American options

18/09/2020

Ordinary

Listed put-option

Sale

3,600,000

1.8

American options

19/03/2021

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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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