Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)BALANCED COMM PROP TRUST LTD

Barclays PLC

05 September 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				BALANCED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TRUST LTD
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				BALANCED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TRUST LTD
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				04 Sep 2024
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:			4,630,237	0.66%	419,923	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			106,915	0.02%	3,514,408	0.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,737,152	0.68%	3,934,331	0.56%
(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		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,146,856		0.9510  GBP	0.9449  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		645,236		0.9510  GBP	0.9430  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,154	0.9436  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,274	0.9440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,932	0.9443  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,863	0.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		219	0.9461  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,035	0.9469  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,120	0.9479  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		629	0.9509  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,000,019	0.9450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,663	0.9452  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,409	0.9457  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,784	0.9458  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		221,701	0.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,814	0.9461  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		156,887	0.9465  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		533,892	0.9467  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180,915	0.9468  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,279	0.9470  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,482	0.9473  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,546	0.9474  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,498	0.9477  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,857	0.9485  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,612	0.9486  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92,809	0.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87,737	0.9510  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		54,330	0.9509  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,192	0.9510  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 exempt principal trader 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:				05 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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