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:

27 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:

1,304,216

0.60%

1,924,335

0.88%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,710,302

0.78%

1,111,369

0.51%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,014,518

1.38%

3,035,704

1.39%

(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

142,223

6.0750 GBP

5.9674 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

120,071

6.0750 GBP

5.985 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

552

6.0308 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,622

6.0706 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,631

6.0312 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,997

6.0145 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,216

6.0481 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

37

6.0156 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

41

6.0150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

136

5.9916 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

253

6.0400 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

5.9841 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

303

5.9700 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

457

6.0087 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

464

5.9855 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,669

6.0456 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,015

6.0305 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,954

6.0709 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,685

6.0522 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,056

6.0167 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,546

6.0084 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

210

6.0750 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

915

6.0497 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,409

6.0308 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,085

5.9921 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

3,150

6.0109 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

4,305

6.0750 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

15,300

6.0310 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

165

5.9977 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

257

6.0193 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

496

6.0139 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

650

6.0065 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,228

6.0256 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,148

6.0699 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,378

6.0664 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,577

6.0195 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

9,044

6.0750 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

31,242

6.0183 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:

28 Oct 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213