Form 8.3 -LOOKERS PLC

Barclays PLC

21 July 2023

 

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				LOOKERS 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:				20 Jul 2023
(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:			4,551,826	1.19%	280,896	0.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,375,878	0.36%	4,497,594	1.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,927,704	1.55%	4,778,490	1.25%
(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
5p ordinary		Sale		107,076		1.1418  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		553		1.1700  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,500		1.0706  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		252,941		1.0626  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,840		1.1214  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,848		1.0720  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,245		1.0820  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		278,380		1.1517  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,773		1.1509  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,166		1.0050  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26,998		1.1106  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,359		1.0720  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		79,103		1.0994  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,687		1.0596  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		111,170		1.1010  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,594		1.0938  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		24,032		1.1326  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,195		1.1430  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,350		1.1500  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		296,123		1.0625  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		37,595		1.0794  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		53,913		1.0665  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		135,371		1.1489  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,633		1.1138  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,334		1.0400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,187		1.0220  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,397		1.0230  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,455		1.0070  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		614,026		1.1315  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,624		1.1240  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,135		1.1587  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		195,427		1.0303  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		300,000		1.1005  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,658		1.0774  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		365,487		1.0718  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		650,000		1.1571  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		500,000		1.0555  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		106,340		1.1373  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,164		1.0815  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		917		1.1512  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		459,031		1.0870  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,453		1.0993  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		19,735		1.0863  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,022,000		1.1349  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,840		1.1060  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,965		1.1063  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		345,427		1.1594  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,839	1.0911  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,164	1.0815  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		26,998	1.1106  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		53,913	1.0665  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		79,103	1.0994  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		111,170	1.1009  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1	1.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		12,642	1.1492  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		122,000	1.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		155,449	1.1470  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		300,000	1.1494  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		600,000	1.1388  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:				21 Jul 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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