Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)BALANCED COMMERCIAL PROP TRUST

RNS Number : 7454O

Barclays PLC

16 May 2024

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:			BALANCED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TRUST LTD
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected			BALANCED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TRUST LTD
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			15 May 2024
(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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				608,278	0.09%	1,224,290	0.17%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,400,374	0.34%	188,396	0.03%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				3,008,652	0.43%	1,412,686	0.20%

(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
1p ordinary	Purchase	449510	0.8110 GBP	0.7969 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	199124	0.8120 GBP	0.8034 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	682	0.8074 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,238	0.8083 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,529	0.8040 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	12,800	0.8057 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	36,048	0.8100 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	54,556	0.8046 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	106,284	0.8070 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	181,116	0.8070 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	213	0.8082 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	150,506	0.8069 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,335	0.8110 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,002	0.8070 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:				16 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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