| 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 | CURRYS 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: | 13 Mar 2024 | |||||
| (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: | 0.1p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 11,165,295 | 0.99% | 1,644,378 | 0.15% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,415,005 | 0.12% | 10,785,676 | 0.95% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 12,580,300 | 1.11% | 12,430,054 | 1.10% |
| (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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| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 227,800 | 0.6095 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 121,242 | 0.6107 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 51,350 | 0.6059 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 34,538 | 0.6103 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 32,884 | 0.6104 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 27,000 | 0.6045 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,543 | 0.6075 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,704 | 0.6120 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,709 | 0.6085 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,505 | 0.6105 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,271 | 0.6080 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 750 | 0.6050 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 421 | 0.6091 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 25 | 0.6099 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 41,408 | 0.6098 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 26,572 | 0.6099 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 23,490 | 0.6088 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 16,188 | 0.6105 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 11,360 | 0.6043 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 8,944 | 0.6037 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 8,603 | 0.6042 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 8,433 | 0.6050 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 3,221 | 0.6059 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 2,945 | 0.6100 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 2,400 | 0.6121 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 2,202 | 0.6084 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 1,864 | 0.6101 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 1,603 | 0.6052 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 832 | 0.6049 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 206 | 0.6055 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 64 | 0.6057 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 49 | 0.6109 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,782 | 0.6165 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 227,800 | 0.6095 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,864 | 0.6101 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,920 | 0.6100 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,296 | 0.6090 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,572 | 0.6099 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,400 | 0.6121 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 247 | 0.6104 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 750 | 0.6050 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 939 | 0.6137 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,100 | 0.6169 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,258 | 0.6105 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,271 | 0.6080 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,492 | 0.6120 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,500 | 0.6107 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,911 | 0.6096 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,243 | 0.6098 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 122,230 | 0.6105 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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| (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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| 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: | 14 Mar 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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