Last checked at 9 May 2023 07:00
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: | 05 May 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 | ||||||
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Class of relevant security: | 0.5p ordinary | ||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||
Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 4,157,186 | 0.32% | 17,503,916 | 1.35% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 17,420,562 | 1.34% | 3,253,378 | 0.25% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 21,577,748 | 1.66% | 20,757,294 | 1.60% | |||
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(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales |
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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 | 926135 | 1.0045 GBP | 0.9340 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | Sale | 1415834 | 1.0014 GBP | 0.9394 GBP | |||
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(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 | Closing Long | 455 | 0.9478 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1 | 0.9800 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2 | 0.9840 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 300 | 0.9612 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 2,172 | 0.9673 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 12,139 | 0.9688 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,766 | 0.9840 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 36,123 | 0.9839 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 40,255 | 0.9689 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 55,000 | 0.9903 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 81,347 | 0.9718 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 95,021 | 0.9790 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 178,797 | 0.9652 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 487 | 1.0025 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,066 | 1.0024 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,460 | 0.9693 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 14,337 | 0.9840 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 24,636 | 0.9671 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 124,445 | 0.9759 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 143,637 | 0.9761 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 229,387 | 0.9735 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 413,313 | 0.9650 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 68,309 | 0.9614 GBP | |||
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(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 |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) | ||||
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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: | 08 May 2023 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||