This announcement replaces the previous announcement 5575Z at 11:58am on the 27 May 2016. Amendments made to 2 (a) Purchases and Sales and (b) Cash-settled derivative transactions. All other information remains unchanged

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:

26 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

336440

2.69550 GBP

2.66900 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

Sell

747906

2.69700 GBP

2.66200 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

9058

2.677874 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

5100

2.685329 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

2262

2.68019452 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

35000

2.68794456 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

6752

2.68099526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

16996

2.67999823 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

9404

2.676 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

3824

2.68019351 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

20000

2.678054 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

5300

2.678139 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

9874

2.68050448 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

22476

2.68168295 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

3000

2.685833 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

19893

2.68119791 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

33882

2.683147 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

16301

2.67999816 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

64623

2.6801956 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

121980

2.6785100 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Long

29431

2.6812620 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

14906

2.67820274 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

5490

2.67548816 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

Short

1000

2.685 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:

31 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.

J. Sainsbury plc published this content on 31 May 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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