Form 8.3 - FirstGroup plc

RNS Number : 5358S

Barclays PLC

14 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:

13 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:

7,460,931

0.99%

1,295,927

0.17%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

586,471

0.08%

6,735,371

0.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

8,047,402

1.07%

8,031,298

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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of	Price per unit
security				securities
5p ordinary		Purchase		669	1.2690 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		907	1.2802 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,524	1.2819 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,953	1.2789 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,045	1.2732 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,105	1.2703 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,324	1.2705 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,800	1.2620 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,611	1.2722 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		20,695	1.2686 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,666	1.2738 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		41,737	1.2781 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		74,093	1.2814 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8	1.2700 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31	1.2653 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		162	1.2689 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		226	1.2670 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,472	1.2661 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,873	1.2650 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,445	1.2790 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,600	1.2620 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,605	1.2710 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,734	1.2718 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,200	1.2610 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,856	1.2740 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,936	1.2820 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		40,037	1.2720 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		161,371	1.2786 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		8	1.2700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12	1.2680 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19	1.2636 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		32	1.2820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		162	1.2689 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,000	1.2611 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,421	1.2723 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,750	1.2695 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		22,160	1.2702 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		36,786	1.2818 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		45,279	1.2786 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		56,233	1.2803 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		526	1.2696 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		780	1.2742 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		907	1.2802 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,334	1.2721 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,105	1.2697 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,104	1.2629 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,609	1.2821 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,679	1.2701 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,607	1.2675 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		10,721	1.2699 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		30,350	1.2820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		74,093	1.2814 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:				14 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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