REG - Barclays PLC Dowlais Group PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI DOWLAIS GROUP PLC -Replacement

American Axle & Manufacturing HoldingsAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 2257Q  Barclays PLC  08 July 2025

 FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 0459Q  published at 16:33
 on 07/07/2025, changes made to section 2A,3A
 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                                         DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

 relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)                Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                     DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

 principal trader is connected
 (d)                Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                               02 Jul 2025
 (e)                In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                    YES:

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC
 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:                                                                             1p ordinary
                                                                                                         Interests                     Short Positions
                    Number                     (%)                            Number                     (%)
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                        53,504,324     4.06%          1,432,681      0.11%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                           589,392        0.04%          52,171,785     3.96%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                     0              0.00%          0              0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                         54,093,716     4.10%          53,604,466     4.07%

 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
 1p ordinary        Purchase                   1346630                        0.6915  GBP                0.6725  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                       610844                         0.6915  GBP                0.6740  GBP

 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of           Product  description       Nature of dealing              Number of                  Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               3,012                      0.6742  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               7,126                      0.6774  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               21,356                     0.6777  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,498                      0.6779  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               10,876                     0.6788  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               3,450                      0.6789  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               38,220                     0.6794  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               42,142                     0.6826  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               83,274                     0.6835  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               8,640                      0.6836  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               30,282                     0.6838  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               19,692                     0.6854  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,607                      0.6865  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               90,017                     0.6866  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               535                        0.6879  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               2,413                      0.6894  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               6,887                      0.6914  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               14,907                     0.6915  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               700                        0.6734  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               18,951                     0.6735  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,415                      0.6737  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               6                          0.6754  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               3,824                      0.6755  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               13                         0.6771  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,783                      0.6780  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               398,900                    0.6792  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,598                      0.6802  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               37,734                     0.6803  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               36,540                     0.6806  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               47,604                     0.6837  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               16,240                     0.6840  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               10,905                     0.6863  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               3,416                      0.6875  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               4,172                      0.6910  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               185,404                    0.6915  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Long                1                          0.6700  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Long                18,840                     0.6853  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:                                                                                     8-Jul-25
 Contact name:                                                                                           Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                       020 3134 7213

 

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