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RNS Number : 1153Z

Barclays PLC

11 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 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:                                                   10 May 2023 
                 ------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 (e)              In addition to the company in                           NO 
                   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:                                                             4,195,100     0.32%   15,515,667     1.19% 
                                                                         -----------  -------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                            15,391,021    1.18%   3,250,000      0.25% 
                                                                         -----------  -------  -----------  ---------- 
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including 
  options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                   0         0.00%       0          0.00% 
                                                                         -----------  -------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 
   TOTAL:                                                                 19,586,121    1.51%   18,765,667     1.44% 
                                                                         -----------  -------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 (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        Purchase/sale       Total number          Highest                  Lowest price per unit 
   of relevant                             of              price per 
                                                              unit                        paid/received 
    security                           securities 
                                                         paid/received 
 0.5p ordinary       Purchase           2926097           0.8798 GBP                       0.7906 GBP 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         Sale             1828581           0.8846 GBP                       0.7900 GBP 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions 
     Class           Product       Nature of dealing       Number of                       Price per 
       of           description 
                                                           reference                          unit 
    relevant 
                                                           securities 
    security 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP           Closing Long           4,892                         0.8222 GBP 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP          Closing Short           3,378                         0.8161 GBP 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing            1,195                         0.8470 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing            1,484                         0.8100 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing            2,373                         0.8430 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing            2,677                         0.8244 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Decreasing            3,823                         0.7926 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Decreasing           29,020                         0.7913 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           33,000                         0.7850 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           45,018                         0.7980 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           61,750                         0.8137 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Decreasing           73,644                         0.8222 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Decreasing           82,534                         0.8221 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           126,386                        0.8439 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           367,830                        0.8087 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           368,103                        0.8227 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Decreasing           393,737                        0.8213 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Decreasing           560,896                        0.8099 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing            2,707                         0.8145 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           29,859                         0.8520 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           30,063                         0.8341 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           31,349                         0.8308 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           32,459                         0.8387 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           39,914                         0.8225 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Increasing           54,900                         0.8222 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           88,415                         0.8449 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP            Increasing           210,019                        0.8306 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         CFD             Increasing           446,696                        0.8269 GBP 
                                          Long 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 0.5p ordinary         SWAP           Opening Long          91,087                         0.8345 GBP 
                 ---------------  -------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
 (c)              Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
 (i)              Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
     Class           Product            Writing,            Number         Exercise               Expiry      Option 
                                                                                        Type 
       of           description        purchasing,             of            price                 date        money 
 
    relevant                            selling,           securities         per                              paid/ 
                                                                             unit 
    security                           varying etc          to which                                          received 
 
                                                             option                                             per 
                                                                                                                unit 
                                                            relates 
 
 
 (ii)             Exercising 
     Class           Product          Exercising/          Number of                   Exercise price per 
   of relevant      description     exercised against 
                                                           securities                         unit 
    security 
 
 
 (d)              Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
     Class            Nature            Details                               Price per unit (if 
   of 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:                                                                      11 May 2023 
                                                                         --------------------------------------------- 
 Contact name:                                                                     Large Holdings Regulatory 
                                                                                           Operations 
                                                                         --------------------------------------------- 
 Telephone number:                                                                       020 3134 7213 
                                                                         --------------------------------------------- 
 

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