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

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25/05/2022 13:15

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RNS Number : 7987M  Barclays PLC  25 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:                                                                24 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:                                    14,704,673              1.20%              7,167,316                                        0.59%

 (2)                 Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                           18,765,790              1.54%              14,119,077                                       1.16%

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

                     TOTAL:                                                33,470,463              2.74%              21,286,393                                       1.74%

 (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              2,371,748                       1.4262 GBP              1.3513 GBP
 0.5p ordinary               Sale                  1,335,637                       1.3915 GBP              1.3513 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       CFD                  Decreasing Short              315         1.3716 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              324         1.3681 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              496         1.3689 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              2,500       1.3861 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              2,608       1.3951 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              5,000       1.3821 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              5,300       1.3791 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Decreasing Short              6,917       1.3673 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              66,457      1.4155 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              129,283     1.3868 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               381         1.3964 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               763         1.3962 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               1,066       1.3942 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               3,161       1.4030 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               7,318       1.3912 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               9,664       1.3866 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               14,913      1.3680 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               35,100      1.3814 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               59,397      1.3676 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               74,713      1.3743 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               94,125      1.3793 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               95,087      1.3824 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               132,894     1.3764 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               141,129     1.3799 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Short              6,000       1.4041 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Opening Short                 1,482,000   1.3855 GBP
 0.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Opening Long                  65,323      1.3832 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:                                                  25 May 2022
 Contact name:                                                        Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                    020 3134 7213

 

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