Barclays PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.			KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:			BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose			THG PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:			THG PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt			THG plc
	principal trader is connected			THG plc
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			20 May 2022
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal			NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.			POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:		0.5p ordinary
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	14,995,232	1.23%	8,924,649	0.73%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		20,612,442	1.69%	14,501,017	1.19%

(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%


	TOTAL:	35,607,674	2.92%	23,425,666	1.92%

(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:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
0.5p ordinary		Purchase		2,859,835		1.4791 GBP	1.418 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		4,496,741		1.4969 GBP	1.418 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		414	1.4250 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		465	1.4255 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		739	1.4505 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		763	1.4440 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		971	1.4437 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,022	1.4617 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,160	1.4215 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,978	1.4500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,550	1.4475 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,391	1.4254 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,830	1.4655 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,259	1.4597 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		31,373	1.4732 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		50,249	1.4407 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		63,178	1.4432 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		86,327	1.4738 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		96,895	1.4345 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		159,079	1.4519 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		164,497	1.4592 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		166,549	1.4513 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		218,457	1.4468 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		236,145	1.4438 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		440,707	1.4448 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		702	1.4751 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		1,504	1.4941 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		1,635	1.4651 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		2,240	1.4533 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		9,763	1.4998 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		12,762	1.4337 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		44,000	1.4174 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		124,500	1.4601 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		142,551	1.4500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		189,000	1.4518 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,250,000	1.4542 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)

4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				23 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213