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

THG PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

THG plc

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

20 May 2022

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

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:

0.5p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

14,995,232

1.23%

8,924,649

0.73%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

20,612,442

1.69%

14,501,017

1.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

35,607,674

2.92%

23,425,666

1.92%

(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)

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

0.5p ordinary

Purchase

2,859,835

1.4791 GBP

1.418 GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

4,496,741

1.4969 GBP

1.418 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

414

1.4250 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

465

1.4255 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

739

1.4505 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

763

1.4440 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

971

1.4437 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

1,022

1.4617 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

1,160

1.4215 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

1,978

1.4500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

6,550

1.4475 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

9,391

1.4254 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

9,830

1.4655 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

11,259

1.4597 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

31,373

1.4732 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

50,249

1.4407 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

63,178

1.4432 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

86,327

1.4738 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

96,895

1.4345 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

159,079

1.4519 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

164,497

1.4592 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

166,549

1.4513 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

218,457

1.4468 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

236,145

1.4438 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

440,707

1.4448 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

702

1.4751 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

1,504

1.4941 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

1,635

1.4651 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

2,240

1.4533 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

9,763

1.4998 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

12,762

1.4337 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

44,000

1.4174 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

124,500

1.4601 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

142,551

1.4500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

189,000

1.4518 GBP

0.5p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

1,250,000

1.4542 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 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:

23 May 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213