7 Nov 2022 15:05
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Section 3(b) | ||||||||
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 |
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(a) | Name of exempt principal trader: | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD |
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(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC |
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relevant securities this form relates: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | Countryside Partnerships plc |
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principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 24 October 2022 |
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(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | YES: |
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trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | VISTRY GROUP PLC |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER |
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(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 0.01p ordinary |
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Interests | Short Positions |
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Number | (%) | Number | (%) |
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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and/or controlled: | 7,743,409 | 1.55% | 4,738,863 | 0.95% |
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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3,712,591 | 0.74% | 6,976,778 | 1.40% |
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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TOTAL: | 11,456,000 | 2.29% | 11,715,641 | 2.34% |
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(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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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 | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 307,780 | 2.0476 GBP | 2.016 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 2,394,752 | 2.0482 GBP | 1.98 GBP | |||
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||
security | securities | ||||||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,348 | 2.0285 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 2.0360 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11 | 2.0420 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19 | 2.0340 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20 | 2.0020 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27 | 2.0353 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,858 | 2.0352 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,882 | 2.0270 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,689 | 2.0234 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 34,516 | 2.0391 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 46,465 | 2.0341 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 78,530 | 2.0306 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 832 | 2.0337 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,577 | 2.0263 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,945 | 2.0302 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 55,958 | 2.0350 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 110,016 | 2.0281 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 2,150,000 | 1.9800 GBP | |||
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 7 Nov 2022 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||