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

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RNS Number : 8997B  Barclays PLC  05 October 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                                              GB GROUP PLC
              relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)          Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                          GB Group plc
              principal trader is connected
 (d)          Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                    04 October 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:                                    2.5p ordinary
                                                                Interests                               Short Positions
                                                                Number              (%)                 Number       (%)
 (1)          Relevant securities owned
              and/or controlled:                                246,363             0.10%               1,656,126    0.66%

 (2)          Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                1,966,228           0.78%               311,525      0.12%

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

              TOTAL:                                            2,212,591           0.88%               1,967,651    0.78%

 (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
 2.5p ordinary               Purchase              478,773                         5.6358 GBP              4.694 GBP
 2.5p ordinary               Sale                  618,508                         5.3458 GBP              4.694 GBP

 

 (b)       Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of           Product               Nature of dealing             Number of   Price per
 relevant           description                                         reference   unit
 security                                                               securities
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Decreasing Long               103         5.0250 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Decreasing Long               30,281      5.6378 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              45          4.9186 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              284         5.0150 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              2,000       5.0999 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Decreasing Short              2,662       5.2804 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              2,910       4.9412 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       CFD                  Decreasing Short              2,932       5.2388 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Decreasing Short              72,048      4.9859 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               690         5.2361 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               866         5.1947 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               1,603       5.3458 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               2,322       5.3425 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               3,057       5.4724 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               9,320       5.1793 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               10,703      5.0905 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               12,637      5.0150 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               29,356      4.9464 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               35,695      4.9316 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               36,390      5.1898 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               50,262      4.9228 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               62,888      4.9031 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Increasing Long               64,329      5.2839 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Opening Long                  13          5.1392 GBP
 2.5p ordinary       SWAP                 Opening Long                  856         5.0149 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:                                                  5 Oct 2022
 Contact name:                                                        Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                    020 3134 7213

 

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