RNS Number : 8483O
Barclays PLC
05 October 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:

ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

principal trader is connected

ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

04 Oct 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?

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:

0.1p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,425,608

0.48%

95,343

0.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

98,605

0.03%

1,404,757

0.48%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%



TOTAL:

1,524,213

0.52%

1,500,100

0.51%








(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

0.1p ordinary

Sale

1582

1.6100 GBP

1.6100 GBP

0.1p ordinary

Purchase

6273

1.6400 GBP

1.6099 GBP








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

relevant

security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of

reference

securities

Price per

unit

0.1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1

1.6100 GBP

0.1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,692

1.6287 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:

05 Oct 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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