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

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RNS Number : 4559G  Barclays PLC  28 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:                                                        25 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:                                                        43,238,136          1.33%            6,754,448               0.21%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        3,783,194           0.12%            40,752,098              1.25%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    47,021,330          1.45%            47,506,546              1.46%
 (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)              Purchases 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                                2,787,480                            0.4854  GBP             0.4820  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       Sale                                    7,568,879                            0.4852  GBP             0.4830  GBP

 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                                           Product                                 Nature of dealing                    Number of               Price per
 relevant                                           description                                                                  reference               unit
 security                                                                                                                        securities
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,476                   0.4820  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     19,640                  0.4831  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     621                     0.4833  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,005,920               0.4834  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,000,000               0.4835  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,017                  0.4836  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,505                  0.4839  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     347,001                 0.4840  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     75,936                  0.4841  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     595,170                 0.4842  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,500,000               0.4843  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,500,000               0.4844  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,995                   0.4849  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     474                     0.4820  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,364                  0.4843  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     196,907                 0.4844  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     243,100                 0.4846  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     64,572                  0.4847  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,361                  0.4849  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     631,251                 0.4850  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     7,738                   0.4832  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     123,237                 0.4841  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     237,832                 0.4842  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     332,069                 0.4843  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     59,974                  0.4844  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     15,928                  0.4847  GBP
 10p ordinary                                       CFD                                     Increasing Short                     178,926                 0.4850  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 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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