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RNS Number : 1623O

Barclays PLC

08 June 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 
 (a)             Name of exempt principal                                   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES 
                  trader:                                                    LTD 
                ------------------------------------------- 
 (b)             Name of offeror/offeree in relation                        THG PLC 
                  to whose 
                                                                           ------------------------------------------- 
                 relevant securities this form relates: 
--------------  ---------------------------------------------------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
 (c)             Name of the party to the offer                             THG PLC 
                  with which exempt 
                                                                           ------------------------------------------- 
                 principal trader is connected 
--------------  -------------------------------------------  ------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
 (d)             Date position held/dealing undertaken:                     07 June 2022 
--------------  ---------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 (e)             In addition to the company in 1(b)                         NO 
                  above, 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:                             14,845,482      1.22%      11,933,307       0.98% 
 
 (2)             Cash-settled derivatives: 
                                                 20,645,884      1.69%      14,127,066       1.16% 
 
 (3)             Stock-settled derivatives 
                  (including options) 
  and agreements to 
   purchase/sell:                                    0           0.00%          0            0.00% 
 
 
  TOTAL:                                         35,491,366      2.91%      26,060,373       2.13% 
 
 (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                      Purchase/sale                    Total                      Highest         Lowest 
  of relevant                                                    number                    price per       price per 
                                                                   of                         unit            unit 
   security                                                   securities                 paid/received   paid/received 
--------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                    Purchase                     304,926                   1.4225       1.391 GBP 
                                                                                                   GBP 
        0.5p ordinary                      Sale                       359,204                   1.4160      1.3898 GBP 
                                                                                                   GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 (b)             Cash-settled derivative transactions 
--------------  ---------------------------------------------------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
     Class                         Product                      Nature                      Number         Price per 
       of                                                      of dealing                      of 
   relevant                      description                                               reference         unit 
   security                                                                               securities 
--------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long             26            1.4400 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long             446           1.3910 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long             553           1.3915 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long             617           1.4260 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long             685           1.3865 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            1,000          1.3755 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            1,028          1.4088 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            1,135          1.4081 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            1,792          1.3924 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            2,023          1.4255 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long            2,055          1.3960 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long           21,845          1.4111 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long           48,606          1.4000 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long           51,985          1.4057 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Decreasing Long           117,686         1.4064 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long             33            1.4225 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long             317           1.4061 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long            1,215          1.3940 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       CFD                   Increasing Long            1,227          1.3959 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long            1,691          1.3959 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long            2,737          1.3888 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long            3,762          1.3942 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long            4,670          1.4248 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       CFD                   Increasing Long           11,346          1.3960 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long           13,407          1.3990 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Long           27,415          1.3980 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       CFD                   Increasing Long           85,957          1.3979 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                  Increasing Short           5,000          1.3977 GBP 
                               ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
        0.5p ordinary                       SWAP                                             4,839          1.4160 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 which                                                 received 
                                      etc 
                                                   option                                                  per unit 
                                                  relates 
                -------------  ---------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 
 (ii)            Exercising 
 Class of relevant              Product description            Exercising/ exercised     Number          Exercise 
                                                                       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: 
----------------------------------------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------------  -------------- 
                                                         NONE 
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 (c)             Attachments 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open                                                          NO 
  Positions) attached? 
                                                             --------------------------------------------------------- 
 Date of disclosure:                                          8 Jun 
                                                               2022 
 Contact name:                                                Large Holdings Regulatory Operations 
 Telephone number:                                            020 3134 7213 
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