Form 8.3 - Smart Metering Systems plc Amend

Barclays PLC

18 January 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment
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  relevant securities this form relates:			SMART METERING SYSTEMS PLC
(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:			15 Jan 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				2,079,584	1.56%	87,973	0.07%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				57,595	0.04%	2,042,355	1.53%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,137,179	1.60%	2,130,328	1.59%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Purchase	18,615	9.2300  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,304	9.2214  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,944	9.2256  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,775	9.2298  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,023	9.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	995	9.2367  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	888	9.2180  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	500	9.2493  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	482	9.2450  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	394	9.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	306	9.2150  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	56	9.2100  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9,694	9.2238  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9,683	9.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,573	9.2221  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,975	9.2377  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,426	9.2204  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	825	9.2539  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	816	9.2300  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	306	9.2150  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	89	9.2500  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,000	9.2388  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,550	9.2224  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	89	9.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	181	9.2244  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	306	9.2150  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,669	9.2228  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,723	9.2187  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,729	9.2276  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	9.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	306	9.2150  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,729	9.2336  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,861	9.2307  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,638	9.2295  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	10,822	9.2253  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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:				18 Jan 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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