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:

25 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:

14,987,719

1.23%

7,924,745

0.65%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

19,408,505

1.59%

14,287,409

1.17%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0.00%

TOTAL:

34,396,224

2.82%

22,212,154

1.82%

(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	946,877	1.4360 GBP	1.3172 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale	1,421,260	1.4460 GBP	1.3452 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 Short	65,000	1.3688 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Short	77,000	1.4048 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	634	1.3833 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	1,762	1.3832 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	3,127	1.3910 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	4,133	1.3697 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	4,805	1.3443 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	15,057	1.3409 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	25,908	1.4166 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	123,286	1.4051 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	126,990	1.4970 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	151,548	1.4063 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	244,643	1.4934 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	381,212	1.4123 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Short	198,133	1.3755 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Short	467,004	1.3970 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Opening Long	476	1.3541 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Opening Long	2,159	1.4229 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Opening Long	2,491	1.3486 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Opening Long	8,490	1.3221 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Opening Long	263,249	1.4084 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:				26 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213