Form 8.3 - Currys plc

Barclays PLC

21 February 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				CURRYS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				20 Feb 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				0.1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			12,162,952	1.07%	2,354,196	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,768,813	0.16%	11,797,706	1.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,931,765	1.23%	14,151,902	1.25%
(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		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		539,327		0.6524  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		203,958		0.6521  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		124,714		0.6578  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		70,305		0.6531  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		50,055		0.6584  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		27,662		0.6500  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		25,145		0.6557  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		20,742		0.6505  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		19,283		0.6504  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		11,979		0.6490  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		10,565		0.6528  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		8,619		0.6560  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		7,248		0.6530  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		7,084		0.6507  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,948		0.6565  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,749		0.6569  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,524		0.6503  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,162		0.6538  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,344		0.6529  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,036		0.6466  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		4,628		0.6520  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,445		0.6510  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,741		0.6551  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		604,577		0.6573  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		253,018		0.6515  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		248,649		0.6509  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		139,380		0.6497  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		96,480		0.6513  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		83,981		0.6506  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		63,227		0.6511  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		61,968		0.6490  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		52,633		0.6585  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		49,536		0.6551  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		30,127		0.6545  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		26,986		0.6505  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		25,000		0.6557  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		23,067		0.6533  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		21,203		0.6534  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		20,639		0.6568  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		15,928		0.6532  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		14,368		0.6529  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		14,342		0.6538  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		9,943		0.6469  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		8,619		0.6560  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,948		0.6565  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		4,628		0.6520  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,462		0.6504  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		918		0.6530  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		681		0.6500  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		69		0.6495  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		12		0.6583  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		11,979	0.6490  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,741	0.6551  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		918	0.6530  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,727	0.6538  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,784	0.6545  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,462	0.6504  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,928	0.6532  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,293	0.6519  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,536	0.6551  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	0.6539  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,074	0.6511  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,968	0.6490  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67,510	0.6522  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73,507	0.6585  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		94,684	0.6497  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95,586	0.6506  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127,775	0.6496  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		248,390	0.6515  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		248,649	0.6509  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		452,199	0.6585  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,222	0.6535  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,322	0.6490  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,529	0.6521  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,524	0.6503  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,749	0.6569  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	0.6500  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,760	0.6528  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		203,958	0.6521  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		509,520	0.6523  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,707	0.6585  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 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:				21 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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