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RNS Number : 2433N Barclays PLC 03 May 2024
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTD/THE FUND
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 02 May 2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 23,001,192 1.90% 203,385 0.02%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 81,038 0.01% 22,563,946 1.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
23,082,230 1.91% 22,767,331 1.88%
TOTAL:
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchase and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security
securities
ordinary Purchase 165 1.0470 GBP
ordinary Purchase 2763 1.0460 GBP
ordinary Purchase 24999 1.0493 GBP
ordinary Purchase 49483 1.0500 GBP
ordinary Purchase 205735 1.0496 GBP
ordinary Purchase 217915 1.0480 GBP
ordinary Sale 185 1.0569 GBP
ordinary Sale 1434 1.0559 GBP
ordinary Sale 14743 1.0506 GBP
ordinary Sale 28577 1.0485 GBP
ordinary Sale 30778 1.0488 GBP
ordinary Sale 42812 1.0487 GBP
ordinary Sale 49575 1.0540 GBP
ordinary Sale 74223 1.0492 GBP
ordinary Sale 81994 1.0539 GBP
ordinary Sale 213766 1.0480 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 185 1.0569 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,434 1.0559 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,860 1.0482 GBP
ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,069 1.0515 GBP
ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 49,575 1.0540 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 81,994 1.0539 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 85,573 1.0480 GBP
ordinary CFD Increasing Short 165 1.0470 GBP
ordinary CFD Increasing Short 205,735 1.0496 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Short 2,763 1.0460 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 person
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 person 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: 03 May 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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