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:			12 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:				4,169,884	0.32%	15,861,931	1.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				15,802,301	1.22%	3,289,800	0.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				19,972,185	1.54%	19,151,731	1.47%

(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	4068379	0.7084 GBP	0.5950 GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	6319848	0.7084 GBP	0.5950 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	Closing Long	117,500	0.6454 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	162,913	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	162,913	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	3	0.6300 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	92	0.6601 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	776	0.6424 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,791	0.6423 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,686	0.6227 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	20,000	0.6000 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	28,175	0.6101 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	31,476	0.6263 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	40,994	0.6343 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	58,528	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	75,000	0.5900 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	83,047	0.5919 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	97,461	0.6173 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	100,000	0.5948 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	123,479	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	128,925	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	129,178	0.6478 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	177,971	0.6376 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	537,875	0.6484 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	7	0.7000 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	12	0.6808 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,391	0.6350 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,204	0.6513 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	7,218	0.6473 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	9,129	0.6664 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	9,481	0.6290 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	12,435	0.6384 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	13,160	0.6270 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	13,204	0.6613 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	19,312	0.6574 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	22,976	0.7076 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	38,524	0.6472 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	43,755	0.6458 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	56,315	0.6445 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	77,445	0.6476 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	85,675	0.6814 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	86,158	0.6470 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	100,000	0.5905 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	311,937	0.6474 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	314,395	0.6402 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	354,237	0.6403 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	499,935	0.6488 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	121	0.6219 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	114,150	0.6416 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	261,112	0.6046 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	348,150	0.6110 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,131,488	0.6120 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	157,500	0.6951 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:				15 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213