RNS Number : 2731Y
Barclays PLC
03 May 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:

02 May 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:

4,142,612

0.32%

17,006,081

1.31%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

16,937,301

1.30%

3,253,378

0.25%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

21,079,913

1.62%

20,259,459

1.56%

 








(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

2734482

1.1699  GBP

1.0298  GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

3041601

1.1700  GBP

1.0170  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

4

1.1072  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,553

1.0446  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,920

1.0576  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,000

1.0874  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,855

1.1108  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

82,454

1.1432  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

97,286

1.1288  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

153,067

1.1055  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

224,902

1.1102  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

571,398

1.1225  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4

1.0775  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,599

1.1013  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,662

1.0998  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

20,000

1.1480  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

50,000

1.1606  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,236

1.0862  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

62,715

1.0761  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

73,465

1.1700  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

137,106

1.0795  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

261,626

1.1132  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

295,155

1.1700  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

497,933

1.1061  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

321

1.0248  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

5,213

1.1083  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

44,579

1.1446  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:

03 May 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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