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:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				THG PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				10 June 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:		10,871,732	0.89%	9,999,635	0.82%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			13,743,029	1.13%	10,152,369	0.83%

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


	TOTAL:		24,614,761	2.02%	20,152,004	1.65%

(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		2,133,119		1.3094 GBP	1.2135 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		4,043,886		1.3084 GBP	1.2135 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		1,994	1.3084 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,839	1.2845 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,366	1.2954 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,818	1.2565 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,821	1.2400 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59,169	1.2683 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81,013	1.2506 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		104,082	1.2708 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		107,071	1.2401 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		132,157	1.2596 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		142,274	1.2821 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		196,429	1.2771 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		628,554	1.2734 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		805,097	1.2378 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,168,280	1.2794 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,402	1.2503 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,752	1.3094 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		31,802	1.2191 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42,780	1.2399 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		91,266	1.2887 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	1.3073 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,751	1.2720 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:				13 Jun 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213