RNS Number : 7682W
Barclays PLC
19 April 2023
 

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

THG PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

THG PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

18 Apr 2023

(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?

NO

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:

2,300,405

0.18%

14,167,902

1.09%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

14,093,958

1.08%

1,033,671

0.08%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

16,394,363

1.26%

15,201,573

1.17%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

0.5p ordinary

Purchase

2418988

0.8930  GBP

0.7698  GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

3114705

0.8904  GBP

0.7652  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

603

0.8850  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,015

0.7964  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,810

0.7927  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,941

0.8352  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,773

0.8012  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,919

0.8394  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,831

0.7676  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

76,000

0.7930  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

106,750

0.7758  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

145,903

0.8285  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

154,300

0.8247  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

222,287

0.7713  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

280,028

0.8017  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

952,693

0.8323  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

220

0.7685  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,186

0.7729  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,581

0.8904  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,230

0.8827  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

167,514

0.7676  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

182,500

0.8550  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

206,590

0.7923  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

518,337

0.7873  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

560,664

0.7853  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

785,179

0.8334  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,722

0.8128  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,657

0.8130  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,021

0.8257  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

19 Apr 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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