RNS Number : 2637G
Barclays PLC
25 April 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

ASSURA PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

24 Apr 2025

(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:

 ASSURA 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:

12.5p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

9,290,788

0.70%

10,835,391

0.81%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

8,928,078

0.66%

8,593,519

0.64%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

18,218,866

1.36%

19,428,910

1.45%

Class of relevant security:

Guaranteed Convertible Bond


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

2,855,000

1.90%

0

0.00%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,855,000

1.90%

0

0.00%

 








(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

12.5p ordinary

Purchase

601821

1.0058  GBP

0.9966  GBP

12.5p ordinary

Sale

249951

1.0050  GBP

1.0000  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,075

0.9999  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,768

1.0001  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,968

24.6886  ZAR

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59

24.7745  ZAR

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,765

0.9999  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

169,346

1.0000  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,172

1.0020  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,776

1.0025  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,927

1.0029  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,569

1.0030  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,552

1.0058  GBP

12.5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

25.2307  ZAR

12.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,968

1.0009  GBP

12.5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2

25.2250  ZAR

12.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,541

1.0020  GBP

12.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,968

24.6918  ZAR

12.5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

59

24.7759  ZAR

 








(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:

25 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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