RNS Number : 2986G
Barclays PLC
30 September 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

VIRGIN MONEY UK PLC

(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:

27 Sep 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

10p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

25,102,112

1.94%

3,857,306

0.30%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,047,761

0.16%

23,501,068

1.81%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

27,149,873

2.09%

27,358,374

2.11%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,350,535

2.1760  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

242,006

2.1778  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

182,980

2.1758  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

178,811

2.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

154,021

2.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

70,733

2.1761  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10,000

2.1750  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,461

2.1775  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

148

2.1801  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

13

2.1800  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,780,032

2.1762  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,028,093

2.1760  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

66,157

2.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

13,000

2.1756  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

11,767

2.1782  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,121

2.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,999

2.1740  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,549

2.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,999

2.1740  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55,500

2.1758  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,187

2.1759  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

155,162

2.1760  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,509

2.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64,350

2.1777  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,423

2.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,767

2.1782  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,751,490

2.1760  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,733

2.1761  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,934

2.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

185,221

2.1773  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,461

2.1775  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

242,006

2.1778  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

140,402

2.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

148

2.1801  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 person 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:

30 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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