Barclays PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC Amendment

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to sale
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:				24 April 2023
(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:		3,519,277	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:		18,910,819	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)	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		1,064,646		0.9908 GBP	0.9488 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		2,102,666		0.9913 GBP	0.9488 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		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		2,606	0.9486 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		CFD		Decreasing Long		118,836	0.9800 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		225,495	0.9692 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		398,706	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		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		22,949	0.9696 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,805	0.9618 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,568	0.9753 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,918	0.9913 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		67,992	0.9641 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		398,706	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	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:				26 Apr 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213