REG - Barclays PLC Assura plc - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC

AssuraAnnouncement

25/04/2025 12:00

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RNS Number : 2634G  Barclays PLC  25 April 2025

 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                                         ASSURA PLC

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

 principal trader is connected
 (d)                Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                               24 Apr 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?
 PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC
 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:                                                                             10p ordinary
                                                                                                         Interests                   Short Positions
                    Number                     (%)                            Number                     (%)
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                        48,871,229    1.50%         7,606,142     0.23%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                           3,972,627     0.12%         46,407,484    1.43%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                     0             0.00%         0             0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                         52,843,856    1.62%         54,013,626    1.66%

 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
 10p ordinary       Purchase                   4732190                        0.4814  GBP                0.4804  GBP
 10p ordinary       Sale                       1901770                        0.4814  GBP                0.4806  GBP

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

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               88,764                     0.4806  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               15,975                     0.4807  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               120,983                    0.4808  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               42,993                     0.4810  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               34,109                     0.4811  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               337,621                    0.4814  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               213                        0.4818  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1                          11.8920  ZAR
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               208,142                    0.4810  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               540,148                    0.4811  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,475,667                  0.4812  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               797,166                    0.4814  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               221                        0.4815  GBP
 10p ordinary       SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,734                      13.0074  ZAR
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Decreasing Short               2,734                      13.0057  ZAR
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               98,310                     0.4808  GBP
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               60,040                     0.4809  GBP
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               32,340                     0.4810  GBP
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               80,938                     0.4811  GBP
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               890                        0.4814  GBP
 10p ordinary       CFD                        Increasing Short               1                          11.8900  ZAR

 (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:                                                                                     25 Apr 2025
 Contact name:                                                                                           Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                       020 3134 7213

 

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