Vistry Grp Regulatory News (VTY)

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

VISTRY GROUP PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Countryside Partnerships plc

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

03 October 2022

(e)

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

YES:

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

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:

50p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

825,457

0.38%

1,355,225

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,268,175

0.58%

737,212

0.34%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,093,632

0.96%

2,092,437

0.96%

(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

50p ordinary

Purchase

169,635

6.1150 GBP

5.9551 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

179,481

6.1150 GBP

5.945 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

17

6.0957 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

129

5.9551 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,099

6.1112 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,296

6.0109 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,435

6.0065 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,234

6.0019 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,463

6.0164 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,008

6.1024 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

5.9934 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

501

6.0369 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,152

6.0160 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

3,405

6.1150 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

5,557

6.1150 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

5,758

6.0921 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

7,363

6.0517 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

17,499

6.1145 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

18,996

6.0463 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

22,579

6.0096 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

23,519

6.0396 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

36,205

6.1150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

40,064

6.1145 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

283

6.0430 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

406

6.0040 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

592

6.0048 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

649

6.0522 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

863

6.0832 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

881

6.0104 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,171

5.9439 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,538

6.0550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,695

6.0355 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,749

6.0299 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

7,533

6.0483 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

12,030

6.0528 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

29,603

6.1150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

253

6.0545 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

29,603

6.1150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

11,071

6.1146 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:

5 Oct 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213