Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Biffa plc

RNS Number : 1949R

Barclays PLC

04 July 2022

 

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				BIFFA PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				Energy Capital Partners, LLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				01 July 2022
(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:		11,356,404	3.71%	1,710,006		0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			1,520,575	0.50%	11,100,476		3.63%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0		0.00%
	TOTAL:		12,876,979	4.21%	12,810,482		4.19%
(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		1,207,239		3.7631 GBP	3.6498 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103,549		3.7326 GBP	3.65 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		Decreasing Long		2,562	3.7128 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,518	3.7176 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,347	3.7195 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,146	3.7205 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,662	3.7301 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		536	3.7298 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		731	3.6499 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,104	3.7418 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,906	3.7220 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,148	3.7100 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,341	3.6932 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,310	3.7237 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,179	3.7092 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,236	3.7108 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,723	3.6500 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,228	3.7238 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,882	3.7052 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,527	3.7167 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,545	3.7129 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,021	3.6697 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,445	3.6577 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		542,027	3.7631 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		7,041	3.7295 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		15,405	3.6502 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		75,381	3.6947 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		128,183	3.7214 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		170,910	3.7247 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:				4 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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