Form 8.3 - FirstGroup plc

RNS Number : 2122S

Barclays PLC

12 July 2022

 

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

FIRSTGROUP 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:

11 July 2022

(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:

5p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

7,627,936

1.02%

1,257,949

0.17%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

592,355

0.08%

6,921,408

0.92%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

8,220,291

1.10%

8,179,357

1.09%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of	Price per unit
security				securities
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,487	1.2500 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,899	1.2498 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,356	1.2526 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,719	1.2549 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,863	1.2512 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,987	1.2514 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,120	1.2499 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,214	1.2520 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		12,241	1.2515 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,077	1.2532 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		33,062	1.2501 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		240	1.2550 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,248	1.2380 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,710	1.2539 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,392	1.2532 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,210	1.2487 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,004	1.2507 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,569	1.2497 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,126	1.2511 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,791	1.2500 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		19,651	1.2499 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		24,017	1.2503 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		57,591	1.2526 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,462	1.2497 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,508	1.2486 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,806	1.2475 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,124	1.2512 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,126	1.2511 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,001	1.2520 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,447	1.2496 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,893	1.2499 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		26	1.2495 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,166	1.2517 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,873	1.2527 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,651	1.2500 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,529	1.2508 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,665	1.2494 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		14,505	1.2500 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 person 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:				12 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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