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RNS Number : 3822L Barclays PLC 19 April 2024
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTD/THE FUND
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 18 Apr 2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 14,736,092 1.22% 1,690,546 0.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 1,527,221 0.13% 14,359,707 1.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
16,263,313 1.34% 16,050,253 1.33%
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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchase and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security
securities
ordinary Purchase 1948 0.9140 GBP
ordinary Purchase 3702 0.9160 GBP
ordinary Purchase 9250 0.9198 GBP
ordinary Purchase 16632 0.9200 GBP
ordinary Purchase 22671 0.9255 GBP
ordinary Purchase 52320 0.9264 GBP
ordinary Purchase 72569 0.9146 GBP
ordinary Purchase 72820 0.9150 GBP
ordinary Purchase 85000 0.9205 GBP
ordinary Purchase 87338 0.9170 GBP
ordinary Purchase 141029 0.9153 GBP
ordinary Purchase 205852 0.9208 GBP
ordinary Purchase 286809 0.9183 GBP
ordinary Purchase 359234 0.9164 GBP
ordinary Purchase 404309 0.9196 GBP
ordinary Purchase 500000 0.9170 GBP
ordinary Purchase 632479 0.9188 GBP
ordinary Purchase 888602 0.9147 GBP
ordinary Purchase 970061 0.9143 GBP
ordinary Purchase 1086910 0.9142 GBP
ordinary Purchase 1885021 0.9192 GBP
ordinary Purchase 2365906 0.9178 GBP
ordinary Purchase 4300000 0.9254 GBP
ordinary Sale 3896 0.9270 GBP
ordinary Sale 4365 0.9190 GBP
ordinary Sale 5143 0.9180 GBP
ordinary Sale 8300 0.9160 GBP
ordinary Sale 12564 0.9229 GBP
ordinary Sale 19307 0.9172 GBP
ordinary Sale 22682 0.9198 GBP
ordinary Sale 36079 0.9170 GBP
ordinary Sale 38226 0.9159 GBP
ordinary Sale 43752 0.9164 GBP
ordinary Sale 66948 0.9168 GBP
ordinary Sale 70181 0.9140 GBP
ordinary Sale 85000 0.9175 GBP
ordinary Sale 207791 0.9204 GBP
ordinary Sale 332936 0.9201 GBP
ordinary Sale 342501 0.9200 GBP
ordinary Sale 369867 0.9207 GBP
ordinary Sale 396485 0.9150 GBP
ordinary Sale 711078 0.9169 GBP
ordinary Sale 2500000 0.9191 GBP
ordinary Sale 5339634 0.9135 GBP
ordinary Sale 6166668 0.9144 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 8,300 0.9229 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 11,173 0.9213 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 16,632 0.9200 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 47,338 0.9170 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 51,936 0.9221 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 109,649 0.9213 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 647,969 0.9188 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,775,372 0.9191 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Short 141 0.9270 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Short 1,441 0.9160 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Short 2,901 0.9255 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Short 17,526 0.9150 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Short 22,671 0.9255 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Short 49,419 0.9265 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Short 118,840 0.9199 GBP
ordinary SWAP Opening Short 4,300,000 0.9254 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 person 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 person 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: 19 Apr 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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