Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC

RNS Number : 2731Y

Barclays PLC

03 May 2023

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 relevant securities this form relates:			THG PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected			THG PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			02 May 2023
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			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:				4,142,612	0.32%	17,006,081	1.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				16,937,301	1.30%	3,253,378	0.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				21,079,913	1.62%	20,259,459	1.56%

(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	2734482	1.1699 GBP	1.0298 GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	3041601	1.1700 GBP	1.0170 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4	1.1072 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	8,553	1.0446 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	10,920	1.0576 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	20,000	1.0874 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	23,855	1.1108 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	82,454	1.1432 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	97,286	1.1288 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	153,067	1.1055 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	224,902	1.1102 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	571,398	1.1225 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4	1.0775 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,599	1.1013 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,662	1.0998 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	20,000	1.1480 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	50,000	1.1606 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	50,236	1.0862 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	62,715	1.0761 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	73,465	1.1700 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	137,106	1.0795 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	261,626	1.1132 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	295,155	1.1700 GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	497,933	1.1061 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	321	1.0248 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	5,213	1.1083 GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	44,579	1.1446 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if 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:				03 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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