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")

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:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

THG plc

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

23 May 2022

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

14,760,895

1.21%

8,259,649

0.68%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

19,914,949

1.63%

14,232,592

1.17%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0.00%

TOTAL:

34,675,844

2.84%

22,492,241

1.84%

(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	2,340,146	1.5373 GBP	1.3902 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale	1,915,845	1.5313 GBP	1.3905 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	Decreasing Long	359	1.5215 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	362	1.5189 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	484	1.4485 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	809	1.4277 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	858	1.3955 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,155	1.4556 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,331	1.4500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,005	1.4464 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,012	1.4175 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,736	1.4083 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,926	1.4163 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	13,148	1.4955 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	21,528	1.4176 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	229,722	1.4059 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	271,568	1.4454 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	409,679	1.4021 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	501,320	1.4197 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Short	25,911	1.3904 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Short	65,577	1.4036 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Short	217,937	1.3947 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	1,186	1.4642 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	5,040	1.4994 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	9,680	1.4225 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	39,583	1.4572 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	80,751	1.4888 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Short	8,000	1.3978 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Short	49,000	1.4158 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				Exercising/ exercised against		securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security				Details		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:				24 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213