RNS Number : 4328Y
Barclays PLC
04 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:

03 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:

4,133,911

0.32%

17,437,214

1.34%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

17,377,135

1.34%

3,253,378

0.25%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

21,511,046

1.66%

20,690,592

1.59%

 








(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

1810259

1.1663  GBP

1.1376  GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

1926415

1.1740  GBP

1.1389  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

1

1.1635  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

1.1620  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

1.1630  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

45,473

1.1534  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100,445

1.1466  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

127,501

1.1467  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

151,137

1.1372  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

380,401

1.1442  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,895

1.1475  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,972

1.1497  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,701

1.1475  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,898

1.1563  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

13,122

1.1491  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,659

1.1505  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

45,000

1.1483  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

85,596

1.1502  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

103,780

1.1620  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

121,126

1.1620  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

167,105

1.1516  GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

276,621

1.1511  GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

48,642

1.1486  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:

04 May 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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