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RNS Number : 8928X Barclays PLC 28 April 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 to whose THG PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt THG PLC
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 27 Apr 2023
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal NO
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: 4,212,617 0.32% 16,294,818 1.25%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 16,156,033 1.24% 3,253,378 0.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
20,368,650 1.57% 19,548,196 1.50%
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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchase and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Total number of Highest price per unit Lowest price per unit
security
securities
paid/received
paid/received
0.5p ordinary Purchase 2079717 0.9676 GBP 0.9212 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 1754053 0.9676 GBP 0.9212 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
0.5p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 4,422 0.9664 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 19,330 0.9539 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 30,837 0.9429 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 196,262 0.9532 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 0.9676 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4 0.9508 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,320 0.9621 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 14,892 0.9630 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 33,780 0.9278 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 71,044 0.9675 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 79,820 0.9324 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 91,217 0.9357 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 110,272 0.9400 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 416,079 0.9517 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6 0.9675 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,333 0.9237 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,872 0.9247 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 19,834 0.9676 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 30,169 0.9398 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 50,728 0.9676 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 73,056 0.9673 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 156,907 0.9410 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 167,609 0.9445 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 185,334 0.9553 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 36,769 0.9481 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 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) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 28 Apr 2023
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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