Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 9321E

Barclays PLC

27 October 2025

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				BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				24 Oct 2025
(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:				10p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			452,405	0.23%	223,318	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			128,917	0.07%	369,144	0.19%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			581,322	0.30%	592,462	0.30%
(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		150,136		11.7200 GBP	11.5700 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		99,753		11.7400 GBP	11.5800 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		431	11.6149 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	11.6197 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	11.6256 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		227	11.6285 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132	11.6390 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		192	11.6494 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,843	11.6711 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,539	11.6994 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,601	11.7000 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,156	11.7400 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	11.5200 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,870	11.5700 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,008	11.5800 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		403	11.5873 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		384	11.6063 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,221	11.6434 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,735	11.6515 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		900	11.6541 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,146	11.7000 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,450	11.7081 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,546	11.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		523	11.6443 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		50,823	11.7000 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		816	11.6396 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,966	11.6669 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		73,028	11.7000 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:				27 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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