REG - Barclays PLC THG PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC

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23/05/2022 16:45

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RNS Number : 4928M  Barclays PLC  23 May 2022

 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:                                                    20 May 2022
 (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:                                14,995,232          1.23%               8,924,649      0.73%

 (2)         Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                               20,612,442          1.69%               14,501,017     1.19%

 (3)         Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
             and agreements to purchase/sell:                  0                   0.00%               0              0.00%

             TOTAL:                                            35,607,674          2.92%               23,425,666     1.92%

 

 (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
 0.5p ordinary                     Purchase                           2,859,835                           1.4791 GBP              1.418 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                     Sale                               4,496,741                           1.4969 GBP              1.418 GBP

 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                          Product                            Nature of dealing                   Number of               Price per
 relevant                          description                                                            reference               unit
 security                                                                                                 securities
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        414                     1.4250 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        465                     1.4255 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        739                     1.4505 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        763                     1.4440 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        971                     1.4437 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        1,022                   1.4617 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        1,160                   1.4215 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        1,978                   1.4500 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        6,550                   1.4475 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        9,391                   1.4254 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        9,830                   1.4655 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        11,259                  1.4597 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        31,373                  1.4732 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        50,249                  1.4407 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        63,178                  1.4432 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        86,327                  1.4738 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        96,895                  1.4345 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        159,079                 1.4519 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        164,497                 1.4592 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        166,549                 1.4513 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        218,457                 1.4468 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        236,145                 1.4438 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Long                        440,707                 1.4448 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       702                     1.4751 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       1,504                   1.4941 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       1,635                   1.4651 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       2,240                   1.4533 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       9,763                   1.4998 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       12,762                  1.4337 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Short                       44,000                  1.4174 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Short                       124,500                 1.4601 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      CFD                               Opening Short                       142,551                 1.4500 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Short                       189,000                 1.4518 GBP
 0.5p ordinary                      SWAP                              Opening Short                       1,250,000               1.4542 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:                                                  23 May 2022
 Contact name:                                                        Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                    020 3134 7213

 

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