Crest Nicholson Regulatory News (CRST)

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 relevant securities this form relates:

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

29 Jul 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES: BELLWAY 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:

5p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,317,854

0.51%

3,482,065

1.36%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,304,098

1.29%

1,189,460

0.46%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

4,621,952

1.80%

4,671,525

1.82%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

79912

2.6600 GBP

2.6300 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

126154

2.6780 GBP

2.6299 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

100

2.6339 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

900

2.6635 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,002

2.6388 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4

2.6350 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,610

2.6523 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,445

2.6496 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,770

2.6307 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,993

2.6435 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

747

2.6620 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15

2.6300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,381

2.6674 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,494

2.6681 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,994

2.6300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

972

2.6336 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,624

2.6342 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

505

2.6239 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

915

2.6250 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,394

2.6283 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,282

2.6291 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

58,310

2.6299 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,912

2.6337 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,887

2.6346 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,649

2.6361 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,434

2.6368 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

60

2.6439 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250

2.6749 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

2.6535 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

695

2.6513 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,202

2.6443 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,964

2.6427 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,674

2.6562 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,411

2.6656 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,482

2.6300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

295

2.6360 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,204

2.6381 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

30 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213