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: | 03 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: | 4,133,911 | 0.32% | 17,437,214 | 1.34% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 17,377,135 | 1.34% | 3,253,378 | 0.25% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| 21,511,046 | 1.66% | 20,690,592 | 1.59% | |||
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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 | 1810259 | 1.1663 GBP | 1.1376 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | Sale | 1926415 | 1.1740 GBP | 1.1389 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 | 1 | 1.1635 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 1.1620 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2 | 1.1630 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 45,473 | 1.1534 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 100,445 | 1.1466 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 127,501 | 1.1467 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 151,137 | 1.1372 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 380,401 | 1.1442 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,895 | 1.1475 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,972 | 1.1497 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 8,701 | 1.1475 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 9,898 | 1.1563 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 13,122 | 1.1491 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 35,659 | 1.1505 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 45,000 | 1.1483 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 85,596 | 1.1502 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 103,780 | 1.1620 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 121,126 | 1.1620 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 167,105 | 1.1516 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 276,621 | 1.1511 GBP | |||
0.5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 48,642 | 1.1486 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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(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 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: | 04 May 2023 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 |
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