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:				24 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:						3,554,195	0.27%	15,535,262	1.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:						15,391,542	1.18%	2,590,021	0.20%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:						0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:						18,945,737	1.46%	18,125,283	1.40%

(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	1093516	0.9908 GBP		0.9488 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale	2032830	0.9908 GBP		0.9488 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	339		0.9502 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Long	410		0.9800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,268		0.9859 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Long	2,996		0.9766 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,694		0.9784 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Long	4,932		0.9577 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,023		0.9504 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,513		0.9871 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	22,949		0.9696 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	32,568		0.9753 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Long	67,992		0.9641 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Decreasing Long	348,515		0.9625 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Short	75,905		0.9660 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Decreasing Short	123,838		0.9626 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	7		0.9656 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	10		0.9586 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	13		0.9710 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	23		0.9837 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Increasing Long	2,606		0.9486 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	9,585		0.9603 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	13,756		0.9723 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	14,660		0.9799 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	24,805		0.9618 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Increasing Long	118,836		0.9800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD	Increasing Long	225,495		0.9692 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	238,830		0.9721 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	262,606		0.9670 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Increasing Long	274,868		0.9626 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP	Opening Long	37,182		0.9648 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:						25 Apr 2023
Contact name:						Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:						020 3134 7213