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Form 8.3 - Currys plc

RNS Number : 0739H

Barclays PLC

15 March 2024

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
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
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				CURRYS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				14 Mar 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				0.1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,152,811	0.98%	1,472,558	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,248,005	0.11%	10,822,099	0.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			12,400,816	1.09%	12,294,657	1.08%
(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		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		257,334		0.5890 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		155,000		0.5915 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		47,888		0.5889 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		21,281		0.5950 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		20,539		0.5936 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		14,227		0.5928 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		12,192		0.5887 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		7,915		0.5945 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,770		0.5880 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		2,532		0.5924 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,377		0.5870 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		109		0.5971 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		157,269		0.5890 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		73,480		0.5902 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		61,657		0.5898 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		18,984		0.5950 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		12,218		0.5952 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		10,414		0.5883 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		9,940		0.5889 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,214		0.5900 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,187		0.5901 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		815		0.5860 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		803		0.6000 GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		92		0.5886 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		12,000	0.5890 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		155,000	0.5915 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148	0.5890 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		373	0.5900 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		815	0.5860 GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,572	0.6029 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,028	0.5950 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,214	0.5900 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,567	0.5889 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79,801	0.5905 GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		210	0.5932 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		664	0.5910 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,377	0.5870 GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,511	0.5890 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,915	0.5945 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,539	0.5936 GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,725	0.5890 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 person 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:				15 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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