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:				04 May 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:			THG PLC
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		4,093,187	0.32%	16,963,011	1.31%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			16,930,863	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:		21,024,050	1.62%	20,216,389	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)	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
THG PLC		Purchase		2,030,400		1.1202 GBP	0.8442 GBP
THG PLC		Sale		1,578,226		1.0632 GBP	0.8442 GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	Unit
security						securities
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	0.9518 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,576	0.8591 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,744	1.0321 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,667	0.9607 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		105,787	0.9816 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		146,372	0.9766 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		242,648	0.9997 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Decreasing Long		524,196	0.9892 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		125	0.9627 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,789	0.9933 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		10,000	0.9191 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		10,000	0.9224 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		12,433	0.9518 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		14,100	0.9333 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		14,963	0.9014 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		25,000	0.8935 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		27,500	0.8870 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,959	1.0421 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		40,924	0.9517 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,015	0.9965 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		131,188	0.9518 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		160,290	0.9543 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP		Increasing Long		196,249	0.9704 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		409,538	0.9899 GBP
THG PLC		CFD		Increasing Long		565,423	0.9584 GBP
THG PLC		SWAP				55,303	0.9814 GBP
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	Unit
security						securities
THG PLC		SWAP		Long		196,249	0.9704 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:				17 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213