Form 8.3 -LOOKERS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 August 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:				31 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:			4,181,118	1.10%	271,974	0.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,649,822	0.43%	4,127,784	1.08%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,830,940	1.53%	4,399,758	1.15%
(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		Purchase		4,566		1.2500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,059		1.2444  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		18,279		1.2445  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		41,673		1.2531  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		19,638		1.2486  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,932		1.2480  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,886		1.2430  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,766		1.2320  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		593		1.2500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,158		1.2493  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26,889		1.2508  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,546		1.2345  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,927		1.2420  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		19,638		1.2487  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		44,608		1.2519  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,042		1.2580  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		31,395		1.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,020		1.2520  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		84,265		1.2407  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		44,640		1.2520  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,233		1.2440  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		42		1.2513  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,885		1.2413  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		54,484		1.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		141,929		1.2457  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,233		1.2435  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		13,046	1.2497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,843	1.2520  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		19,936	1.2435  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		24,853	1.2477  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,348	1.2461  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		77,724	1.2458  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		85,000	1.2432  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:				01 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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