Last checked at 12 Sep 2022 10:41
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) |
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN |
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EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS |
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(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE) |
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Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") |
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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: | 09 September 2022 | |||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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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: | 546,494 | 0.22% | 1,355,681 | 0.54% | |||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||
1,677,335 | 0.66% | 538,264 | 0.21% | ||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 2,223,829 | 0.88% | 1,893,945 | 0.75% | |||
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | ||||||
| options) |
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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 | 53,034 | 6.3610 GBP | 6.2198 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | Sale | 134,867 | 6.3400 GBP | 6.22 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 | 762 | 6.2608 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,028 | 6.3400 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,111 | 6.3399 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,261 | 6.2034 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,252 | 6.2675 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1 | 6.2800 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 317 | 6.3610 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,141 | 6.3008 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,923 | 6.2745 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,421 | 6.3400 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,421 | 6.2672 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,600 | 6.2814 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 431 | 6.3035 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 923 | 6.2878 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,572 | 6.2683 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,176 | 6.2746 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,398 | 6.2629 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 26,160 | 6.2894 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 41,258 | 6.2705 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,221 | 6.3495 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,763 | 6.2594 GBP | |||
2.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 545 | 6.2195 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 | ||||||
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: | 12 Sep 2022 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||