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 | |||||
(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | THG PLC | |||||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 02 May 2023 | |||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | 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: | 4,142,612 | 0.32% | 17,006,081 | 1.31% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 16,937,301 | 1.30% | 3,253,378 | 0.25% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| 21,079,913 | 1.62% | 20,259,459 | 1.56% | |||
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(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation to |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
0.5p ordinary | Purchase | 2734482 | 1.1699 GBP | 1.0298 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | Sale | 3041601 | 1.1700 GBP | 1.0170 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4 | 1.1072 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 8,553 | 1.0446 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 10,920 | 1.0576 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,000 | 1.0874 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 23,855 | 1.1108 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 82,454 | 1.1432 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 97,286 | 1.1288 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 153,067 | 1.1055 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 224,902 | 1.1102 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 571,398 | 1.1225 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 4 | 1.0775 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,599 | 1.1013 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,662 | 1.0998 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 20,000 | 1.1480 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 50,000 | 1.1606 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 50,236 | 1.0862 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62,715 | 1.0761 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 73,465 | 1.1700 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 137,106 | 1.0795 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 261,626 | 1.1132 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 295,155 | 1.1700 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 497,933 | 1.1061 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 321 | 1.0248 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 5,213 | 1.1083 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 44,579 | 1.1446 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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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, | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | ||||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | ||||||
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 03 May 2023 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 |
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