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:

09 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

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:

4,198,478

0.32%

16,616,561

1.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

16,491,915

1.27%

3,253,378

0.25%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

20,690,393

1.59%

19,869,939

1.53%

(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

2285396

0.9485 GBP

0.8339 GBP

0.5p ordinary

Sale

1356749

0.9869 GBP

0.8297 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

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,149

0.8340 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,579

0.8457 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,602

0.8548 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,625

0.8468 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,743

0.8379 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,948

0.8398 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,863

0.8354 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,946

0.8425 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,180

0.8495 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,372

0.8500 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,969

0.8918 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,295

0.8357 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,158

0.8532 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,000

0.8450 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,087

0.8410 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

28,000

0.8984 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

37,209

0.8339 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,670

0.8497 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

68,256

0.8486 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

73,673

0.8842 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

89,124

0.8477 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

299,845

0.8885 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

348,043

0.8525 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

427,394

0.9285 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

551,572

0.8559 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3

0.9200 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

159

0.8340 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

283

0.8607 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

305

0.9334 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

603

0.9758 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

617

0.8607 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

904

0.8926 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,810

0.8654 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,285

0.8856 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,410

0.8682 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,960

0.8639 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,112

0.9998 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,116

0.8952 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

45,018

0.8464 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

146,690

0.9215 GBP

0.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

855,545

0.8874 GBP

0.5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

82,835

0.8879 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:

10 May 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213