Form 8.3 - Currys plc

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			12,151,559	1.07%	1,715,236	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,196,967	0.11%	11,763,158	1.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,348,526	1.18%	13,478,394	1.19%
(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		163,039		0.6749  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		128,669		0.6856  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		96,000		0.6616  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		85,179		0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		0.6831  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		55,143		0.6824  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		38,508		0.6753  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		21,442		0.6751  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		16,800		0.6769  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		15,729		0.6854  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		12,304		0.6820  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,282		0.6802  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		4,385		0.6725  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		2,876		0.6715  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,244		0.6685  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		525		0.6815  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		172		0.6805  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		141		0.6793  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		105		0.6800  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		28		0.6791  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		20		0.6777  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		12		0.6770  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		8		0.6790  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		488,694		0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		172,065		0.6748  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		70,000		0.6817  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		69,770		0.6798  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		64,119		0.6777  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		64,000		0.6615  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		49,269		0.6779  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		46,011		0.6760  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		25,655		0.6820  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		12,000		0.6620  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		10,398		0.6755  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.6625  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,901		0.6816  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		4,375		0.6725  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,788		0.6819  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,747		0.6635  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,512		0.6825  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,145		0.6824  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,430		0.6776  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		570		0.6822  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		525		0.6815  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		172		0.6805  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		105		0.6800  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		12		0.6770  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		8		0.6790  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		Decreasing Short		2,430	0.6776  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,747	0.6635  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,000	0.6819  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,856	0.6793  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,342	0.6750  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,117	0.6764  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,119	0.6777  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,000	0.6817  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145,723	0.6748  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		211,739	0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		142	0.6854  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,244	0.6685  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,459	0.6655  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,761	0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,876	0.6715  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,904	0.6744  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,800	0.6769  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,769	0.6746  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,508	0.6753  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,143	0.6824  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128,669	0.6856  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		154,502	0.6753  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		23,292	0.6751  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		49,269	0.6779  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		264,072	0.6855  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:				22 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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