TIDMBARC TIDMTHG

RNS Number : 6224M

Barclays PLC

24 May 2022

 
 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 
           Name of exempt principal trader:                      BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES 
  (a)                                                             LTD 
          -------------------------------------------- 
           Name of offeror/offeree in relation                   THG PLC 
  (b)       to whose 
                                                                ------------------------------------------ 
           relevant securities this form relates: 
--------  --------------------------------------------  ------  ------  ---  ----  ----         --- 
           Name of the party to the offer with                   THG plc 
  (c)       which exempt 
                                                                ------------------------------------------ 
           principal trader is connected 
--------  --------------------------------------------  ------  ------  ---  ----  ----         --- 
           Date position held/dealing undertaken:                23 May 2022 
  (d) 
--------  ----------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
           In addition to the company in 1(b) above,             NO 
  (e)       is the exempt principal 
           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:                 0.5p ordinary 
                                            --------------------------  ------------------------------- 
                                                     Interests                  Short Positions 
                                            --------------------------  ------------------------------- 
                                                Number          (%)            Number            (%) 
------------------------------------------  --------------  ----------  --------------------  --------- 
 (1)        Relevant securities 
             owned 
            and/or controlled:                14,760,895       1.21%          8,259,649         0.68% 
 
 (2)        Cash-settled derivatives: 
                                              19,914,949       1.63%         14,232,592         1.17% 
 
 (3)        Stock-settled derivatives 
             (including options) 
            and agreements to 
             purchase/sell:                        0           0.00%              0             0.00% 
 
 
            TOTAL:                            34,675,844       2.84%         22,492,241         1.84% 
 
 (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      Highest price   Lowest price 
                                               of             per unit        per unit 
     security                             securities       paid/received   paid/received 
------------------    --------------    --------------    --------------  -------------- 
    0.5p ordinary         Purchase          2,340,146         1.5373 GBP      1.3902 GBP 
                      ----------------  ----------------  --------------  -------------- 
    0.5p ordinary           Sale            1,915,845         1.5313 GBP      1.3905 GBP 
                      ----------------  ----------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 
 (b)             Cash-settled derivative transactions 
--------------  -----------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
   Class of           Product           Nature of           Number      Price per 
                                          dealing              of 
   relevant         description                            reference       unit 
   security                                               securities 
--------------    --------------    -----------------    ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long         359       1.5215 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long         362       1.5189 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long         484       1.4485 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long         809       1.4277 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long         858       1.3955 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long        1,155      1.4556 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long        2,331      1.4500 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long        3,005      1.4464 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long        4,012      1.4175 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       12,736      1.4083 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       12,926      1.4163 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       13,148      1.4955 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       21,528      1.4176 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       229,722     1.4059 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       271,568     1.4454 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       409,679     1.4021 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Long       501,320     1.4197 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          CFD          Decreasing Short      25,911      1.3904 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          CFD          Decreasing Short      65,577      1.4036 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Decreasing Short      217,937     1.3947 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Long        1,186      1.4642 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Long        5,040      1.4994 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Long        9,680      1.4225 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Long       39,583      1.4572 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Long       80,751      1.4888 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Short       8,000      1.3978 GBP 
                  ----------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------- 
  0.5p ordinary          SWAP         Increasing Short      49,000      1.4158 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          to                                              received 
                                     etc           which 
                                                  option                                            per unit 
                                                  relates 
                -------------  --------------  ------------  --------------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 (ii)            Exercising 
 Class of relevant              Product description               Exercising/        Number        Exercise 
                                                                exercised against     of            price per 
   security                                                                          securities       unit 
--------------  -------------  --------------  ------------                         ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 (d)             Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
     Class                         Nature                           Details             Price 
  of relevant                    of Dealings                                           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: 
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                                                     NONE 
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 (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: 
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                                                     NONE 
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 (c)             Attachments 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open                                                     NO 
  Positions) attached? 
                                                             ------------------------------------------------ 
 Date of disclosure:                                          24 May 2022 
 Contact name:                                                Large Holdings Regulatory Operations 
 Telephone number:                                            020 3134 7213 
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