Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC Amendment

RNS Number : 8712Z

Barclays PLC

18 May 2023

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Purchase
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:				09 May 2023
(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:			THG PLC
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		4,200,826	0.32%	16,616,561	1.28%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			16,491,915	1.27%	3,253,378	0.25%

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


	TOTAL:		20,692,741	1.59%	19,869,939	1.53%

(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		2,287,744		0.9485 GBP	0.8289 GBP
0.5p ordinary		Sale		1,356,749		0.9869 GBP	0.8297 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		305	0.9334 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		603	0.9758 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		900	0.8607 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		904	0.8926 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,579	0.8457 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,810	0.8654 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,410	0.8682 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,602	0.8548 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,625	0.8468 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,743	0.8379 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,948	0.8398 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,863	0.8354 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,946	0.8425 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,180	0.8495 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,372	0.8500 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,158	0.8532 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,000	0.8450 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,087	0.8410 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,018	0.8464 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64,670	0.8497 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68,256	0.8486 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		146,690	0.9215 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		299,845	0.8885 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		348,043	0.8525 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		551,572	0.8559 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3	0.9200 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		159	0.8340 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		900	0.8607 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,149	0.8340 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,285	0.8856 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,960	0.8639 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,112	0.9998 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,969	0.8918 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,295	0.8357 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,116	0.8952 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		28,000	0.8984 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		37,209	0.8339 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		73,673	0.8842 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		89,124	0.8477 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		427,394	0.9285 GBP
0.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		855,545	0.8874 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,348	0.8289 GBP
0.5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		82,835	0.8879 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:				17 May 2023
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	18 May 2023
Time	08:33:23
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	8712Z

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

Date	18 May 2023
Time	08:33:23
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	8712Z

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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) THG PLC Amendment