Form 8.3 - Currys plc

Barclays PLC

18 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:				15 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:			10,955,623	0.97%	1,515,716	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,245,214	0.11%	10,558,171	0.93%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,200,837	1.08%	12,073,887	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		509,895		0.5606  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		132,781		0.5711  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		104,734		0.5660  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		92,282		0.5518  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		89,006		0.5659  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		73,028		0.5590  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		45,626		0.5588  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		11,931		0.5556  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		7,181		0.5524  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		7,071		0.5646  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,377		0.5807  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,357		0.5745  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,343		0.5820  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		678		0.5878  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6		0.5656  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		389,876		0.5585  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		330,778		0.5642  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		247,250		0.5626  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		104,182		0.5660  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		63,561		0.5617  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		57,251		0.5582  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		43,284		0.5635  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		33,758		0.5509  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		26,327		0.5530  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		13,949		0.5614  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,058		0.5590  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		5,895		0.5775  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		5,476		0.5603  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		1,562		0.5607  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		383		0.5724  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		50		0.5810  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		59		0.5656  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		2,791	0.5865  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		72	0.5659  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		383	0.5725  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,255	0.5529  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,301	0.5747  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,882	0.5530  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,100	0.5588  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,595	0.5566  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,270	0.5400  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,284	0.5635  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,150	0.5660  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76,469	0.5660  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		88,588	0.5596  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		162,189	0.5682  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		678	0.5878  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,357	0.5745  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,931	0.5660  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,480	0.5515  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,523	0.5594  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,662	0.5612  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,626	0.5589  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,028	0.5590  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82,325	0.5775  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:				18 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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