Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) GB GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 7832Z

Barclays PLC

16 September 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				GB GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:				GB GROUP PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				GB GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected				GB GROUP PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				15 September 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:			2.5p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		520,016	0.21%	1,319,632	0.52%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			1,657,250	0.66%	606,042	0.24%

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


	TOTAL:		2,177,266	0.86%	1,925,674	0.76%

(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
2.5p ordinary		Purchase		119,456		6.1700 GBP	6.05 GBP
2.5p ordinary		Sale		89,422		6.1639 GBP	6.05 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		718	6.1780 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,611	6.1452 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,593	6.0558 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,998	6.0548 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,579	6.1299 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		531	6.1425 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		692	6.1447 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,367	6.0499 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,278	6.0903 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,521	6.1526 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,764	6.1274 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,579	6.1299 GBP
2.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11	6.0500 GBP
2.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16	6.1637 GBP
2.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118	6.0503 GBP
2.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,079	6.1875 GBP
2.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,410	6.0540 GBP
2.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		52,778	6.0500 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				Exercising/ exercised against		securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security				Details		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:				16 Sep 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	16 Sept 2022
Time	11:14:57
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7832Z

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	16 Sept 2022
Time	11:14:57
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7832Z

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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) GB GROUP PLC