Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC

RNS Number : 9832N

Barclays PLC

07 June 2022

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
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				THG PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				06 June 2022
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:		14,838,143	1.21%	11,871,690	0.97%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			20,591,445	1.69%	14,126,905	1.16%

(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%


	TOTAL:		35,429,588	2.90%	25,998,595	2.13%

(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
0.5p ordinary		Purchase		449,852		1.4757 GBP	1.443 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		412,667		1.5029 GBP	1.4395 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		704	1.4620 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,034	1.4742 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,808	1.4955 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,199	1.4531 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,642	1.4444 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,393	1.4452 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,175	1.4430 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,970	1.4651 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94,296	1.4635 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140,663	1.4629 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,000	1.4668 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,000	1.4710 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,332	1.5029 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19	1.4600 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		400	1.4715 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,048	1.4521 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,420	1.4699 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,745	1.4691 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,546	1.4430 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,773	1.4430 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,722	1.4429 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		53,866	1.4500 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:				7 Jun 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	486.00p-2.16%
Market Cap	£65.32bn

Date	7 Jun 2022
Time	10:55:44
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	9832N

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	486.00p-2.16%
Market Cap	£65.32bn

Date	7 Jun 2022
Time	10:55:44
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	9832N

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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC