| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
| 1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Full name of discloser: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | SMART METERING SYSTEMS PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 21 Dec 2023 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,066,759 | 1.55% | 16,522 | 0.01% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 2,035,905 | 1.53% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,066,759 | 1.55% | 2,052,427 | 1.54% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 175,754 | 9.2241 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 34,517 | 9.2057 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 27,069 | 9.2365 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,790 | 9.2176 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,463 | 9.1891 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,464 | 9.2387 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,383 | 9.1795 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,577 | 9.2138 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,982 | 9.2409 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,810 | 9.2410 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,532 | 9.0045 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,752 | 9.2050 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 986 | 9.2700 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 790 | 9.2323 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 432 | 9.2550 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 45,028 | 9.3453 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 31,519 | 9.1954 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 20,543 | 9.1836 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 16,468 | 9.2498 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 13,500 | 9.2097 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 12,139 | 9.4100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,000 | 9.1800 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,232 | 9.0673 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 807 | 9.2313 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 10,000 | 9.2077 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 217 | 9.1949 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,139 | 9.4100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 76,547 | 9.2835 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 9.1800 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,532 | 9.0044 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 12,463 | 9.1891 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 32,879 | 9.2380 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44,286 | 9.2042 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 48,713 | 9.2097 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 64,409 | 9.2549 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 67,059 | 9.2083 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 22 Dec 2023 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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