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 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:			19 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:				2,237,028	0.17%	14,785,515	1.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				14,661,571	1.13%	1,091,855	0.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				16,898,599	1.30%	15,877,370	1.22%

(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	1635965	0.8442 GBP	0.7625 GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	2316955	0.8498 GBP	0.7626 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	354	0.8375 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	365	0.8396 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	5,000	0.7777 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	5,301	0.8394 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,000	0.7659 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	20,061	0.8107 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	45,000	0.8415 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	70,221	0.8045 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	79,937	0.7844 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	102,331	0.8040 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	874,085	0.8032 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	724	0.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,450	0.7663 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	25,000	0.8059 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	47,202	0.7844 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	117,296	0.7781 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	146,779	0.8294 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	238,858	0.8397 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	261,340	0.8381 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	914,394	0.7891 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,598	0.7958 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,586	0.8043 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	32,225	0.8059 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:				20 Apr 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213