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:	09 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:		4,198,478	0.32%	16,616,561	1.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:		16,491,915	1.27%	3,253,378	0.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:		20,690,393	1.59%	19,869,939	1.53%

(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	2285396	0.9485 GBP	0.8339 GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	1356749	0.9869 GBP	0.8297 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	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,149	0.8340 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,579	0.8457 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,602	0.8548 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,625	0.8468 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,743	0.8379 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,948	0.8398 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,863	0.8354 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,946	0.8425 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,180	0.8495 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,372	0.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	12,969	0.8918 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	13,295	0.8357 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	14,158	0.8532 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,000	0.8450 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	16,087	0.8410 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	28,000	0.8984 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	37,209	0.8339 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	64,670	0.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	68,256	0.8486 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	73,673	0.8842 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	89,124	0.8477 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	299,845	0.8885 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	348,043	0.8525 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	427,394	0.9285 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	551,572	0.8559 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3	0.9200 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	159	0.8340 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	283	0.8607 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	305	0.9334 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	603	0.9758 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	617	0.8607 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	904	0.8926 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,810	0.8654 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,285	0.8856 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,410	0.8682 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,960	0.8639 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	8,112	0.9998 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	25,116	0.8952 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	45,018	0.8464 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	146,690	0.9215 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	855,545	0.8874 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	82,835	0.8879 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:				10 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213