FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

UBS Investment Bank, London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

J Sainsbury Plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Connect advisor to J Sainsbury Plc offeror to Home Retail Group Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

24 May 2016

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

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

YES

Home Retail Group

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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

Purchases/ sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

28 4/7p ordinary

Buy

470960

2.66150 GBP

2.58000 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

Sell

735293

2.66150 GBP

2.58300 GBP

(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

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

9059

2.636381 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

11929

2.64942682 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

3000

2.656267 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

16750

2.63872619 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

3500

2.636923 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

139350

2.63937208 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

51950

2.64770549 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

31759

2.643698 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

16713

2.627114 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

470

2.604106 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

31927

2.641 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

2518

2.63708896 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

85500

2.636006 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

6339

2.63709102 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

1039

2.629 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

9737

2.64665667 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

1000

2.61 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

4880

2.641 GBP

(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)

3. 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

Date of disclosure:

25 May 2016

Contact name:

Tahmidul Haque

Telephone number:

+44 (0)20 7568 1245

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 dealing 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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