Form 8.3 - RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

09 November 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				RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE
	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:				08 Nov 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:				28.125p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			20,899,448	2.71%	38,746,460	5.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			443,262	0.06%	20,765,256	2.70%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,342,710	2.77%	59,511,716	7.73%
(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
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		841,555		0.6560  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		777,704		0.6555  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		410,193		0.6542  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		134,861		0.6455  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		133,872		0.6568  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		131,939		0.6543  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		89,420		0.6559  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		69,101		0.6521  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		31,522		0.6535  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		20,019		0.6450  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		19,172		0.6609  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		9,557		0.6585  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		9,034		0.6577  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		6,588		0.6578  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		5,149		0.6570  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		4,638		0.6459  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		3,500		0.6620  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		1,419		0.6469  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		1,353		0.6656  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		272,530		0.6450  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		163,878		0.6535  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		117,486		0.6486  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		55,153		0.6474  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		23,090		0.6508  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		15,500		0.6635  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		9,061		0.6560  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		6,483		0.6563  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		5,224		0.6460  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		963		0.6595  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		386		0.6496  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		318		0.6620  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		386	0.6496  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,818	0.6580  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,793	0.6570  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,800	0.6558  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	0.6600  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		55,153	0.6474  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		272,530	0.6450  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		412	0.6544  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		633	0.6460  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		654	0.6453  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		697	0.6461  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		724	0.6524  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		764	0.6483  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		793	0.6570  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,011	0.6528  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,113	0.6554  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,319	0.6447  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,426	0.6471  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,500	0.6601  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,577	0.6514  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,596	0.6487  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,834	0.6608  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,949	0.6493  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,201	0.6517  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,876	0.6527  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,508	0.6458  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,638	0.6459  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,563	0.6501  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,588	0.6578  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,765	0.6533  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,115	0.6536  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,306	0.6515  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,996	0.6539  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,108	0.6540  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,599	0.6520  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,966	0.6545  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		22,490	0.6565  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		29,035	0.6543  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33,153	0.6564  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		38,703	0.6526  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		41,547	0.6541  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		72,774	0.6549  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		76,462	0.6572  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		76,658	0.6563  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		80,680	0.6537  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		82,400	0.6542  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		224,085	0.6546  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		251,550	0.6560  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		316,541	0.6556  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		375,278	0.6552  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		551,417	0.6560  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:				09 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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