RNS Number : 7034R
Barclays PLC
02 March 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:

SHAFTESBURY PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

Capital & Counties Properties plc

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

01 Mar 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?

YES:

 CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC

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:

25p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,774,857

0.46%

382,248

0.10%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

225,576

0.06%

1,745,587

0.45%

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

97,351

0.025%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,097,784

0.55%

2,127,835

0.55%

 








(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

25p ordinary

Purchase

118251

4.0796  GBP

4.0170  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

120673

4.0910  GBP

4.0116  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

110

4.0440  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

615

4.0220  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

3,022

4.0444  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

4.0199  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

227

4.0440  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

238

4.0080  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

255

4.0600  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

510

4.0562  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,342

4.0335  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,399

4.0409  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,008

4.0556  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

174

4.0381  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,099

4.0577  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,381

4.0542  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,192

4.0347  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,103

4.0357  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,742

4.0276  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,088

4.0537  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

5,256

4.0571  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?

Yes

Date of disclosure:

02 Mar 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO

PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1

KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

are being disclosed:


Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

SHAFTESBURY PLC

relevant securities this from relates:

2

OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class


Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

of


description

purchasing,

of

price


date

relevant



selling,

securities

per unit



security



varying etc

to which








option








relates




25p ordinary

Exchangeable Bond

Long

97,351

n/a

n/a

30-Mar-26

3

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully

understood:








 

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