Form 8.3 -Currys plc

Barclays PLC

06 March 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:				05 Mar 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:			11,041,626	0.97%	1,457,222	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,136,946	0.10%	10,681,053	0.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,178,572	1.07%	12,138,275	1.07%
(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		108,199		0.6605  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		53,513		0.6602  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		25,510		0.6630  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		13,528		0.6624  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		12,582		0.6595  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		9,115		0.6610  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		8,227		0.6621  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,624		0.6620  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,536		0.6645  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,120		0.6627  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		931		0.6625  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		395,336		0.6602  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		247,311		0.6601  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		124,984		0.6595  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		55,686		0.6612  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		38,405		0.6624  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		29,097		0.6625  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,836		0.6628  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,536		0.6645  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		1,951		0.6605  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		1,750		0.6629  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		207		0.6611  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 Long		21,216	0.6595  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53	0.6599  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113	0.6623  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		817	0.6624  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,266	0.6620  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,750	0.6629  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,174	0.6602  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,127	0.6605  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		57,137	0.6611  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92,154	0.6595  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		521,321	0.6601  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,340	0.6635  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,859	0.6602  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		931	0.6625  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,443	0.6614  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,043	0.6621  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,518	0.6600  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,740	0.6623  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,866	0.6619  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,551	0.6615  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,007	0.6595  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:				06 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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