TIDMBARC TIDMTHG

RNS Number : 2731Y

Barclays PLC

03 May 2023

 
                                              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                         THG PLC 
                   relation 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                         02 May 2023 
                   undertaken: 
                 -------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 (e)              In addition to the company                         NO 
                   in 1(b) 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:                                                        4,142,612    0.32%   17,006,081     1.31% 
                                                                    -----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                       16,937,301   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:                                                            21,079,913   1.62%   20,259,459     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)              Purchase 
                   and 
                   sales 
    Class of      Purchase/sale    Total number        Highest                  Lowest price per unit 
    relevant                             of           price per 
                                                         unit                       paid/received 
    security                         securities 
                                                    paid/received 
 0.5p ordinary       Purchase         2734482          1.1699                        1.0298 GBP 
                                                         GBP 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         Sale           3041601          1.1700                        1.0170 GBP 
                                                         GBP 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 
 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions 
    Class of         Product         Nature of         Number                         Price per 
                    description       dealing             of 
    relevant                                                                             unit 
                                                      reference 
    security 
                                                      securities 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing            4                          1.1072 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Decreasing          8,553                        1.0446 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Decreasing         10,920                        1.0576 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing         20,000                        1.0874 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing         23,855                        1.1108 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Decreasing         82,454                        1.1432 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing         97,286                        1.1288 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing         153,067                       1.1055 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Decreasing         224,902                       1.1102 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Decreasing         571,398                       1.1225 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Increasing            4                          1.0775 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing          1,599                        1.1013 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing          3,662                        1.0998 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Increasing         20,000                        1.1480 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Increasing         50,000                        1.1606 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing         50,236                        1.0862 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing         62,715                        1.0761 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Increasing         73,465                        1.1700 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing         137,106                       1.0795 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing         261,626                       1.1132 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP         Increasing         295,155                       1.1700 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD          Increasing         497,933                       1.1061 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP           Opening            321                         1.0248 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP           Opening           5,213                        1.1083 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP           Opening          44,579                        1.1446 GBP 
                                        Long 
                 ---------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------------------------- 
 
 (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         Product        Exercising/        Number                    Exercise price per 
    relevant        description      exercised            of 
                                      against                                            unit 
    security                                          securities 
 
 
 (d)              Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
    Class of          Nature          Details                           Price per unit (if 
    relevant        of Dealings 
                                                                            applicable) 
    security 
 
 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)                                               NO 
  attached? 
 Date of disclosure:                                                                 03 May 2023 
                                                                    -------------------------------------------- 
 Contact name:                                                                Large Holdings Regulatory 
                                                                                      Operations 
                                                                    -------------------------------------------- 
 Telephone number:                                                                  020 3134 7213 
                                                                    -------------------------------------------- 
 

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