Thg Regulatory News (THG)

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:

THG PLC

(c)

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

THG PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

20 Apr 2023

(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?

NO

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:

0.5p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,789,908

0.29%

14,650,261

1.13%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

14,522,514

1.12%

2,737,836

0.21%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

18,312,422

1.41%

17,388,097

1.34%

(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

0.5p ordinary

Purchase

2445539

0.8610 GBP

0.8170 GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

757405

0.8590 GBP

0.8310 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,230

0.8500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,127

0.8441 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

16,841

0.8598 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,482

0.8560 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32,833

0.8496 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

56,048

0.8454 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

60,733

0.8423 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

71,727

0.8584 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

181,802

0.8450 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,886

0.8309 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,214

0.8500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44,174

0.8545 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61,356

0.8518 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

76,482

0.8519 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

139,654

0.8377 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,850

0.8496 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,889

0.8497 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,242

0.8454 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,600,000

0.8170 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:

21 Apr 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213