Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - BIFFA PLC

RNS Number : 5427B

Barclays PLC

03 October 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:				30 September 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:		14,964,505	4.89%	3,278,681	1.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			2,971,569	0.97%	14,858,884	4.85%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		17,936,074	5.86%	18,137,565	5.93%
(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		629,135		4.1380 GBP	4.1077 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		505,395		4.1302 GBP	4.1018 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		100	4.1175 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		753	4.1190 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	4.1188 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		276	4.1105 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,447	4.1225 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,341	4.0968 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,341	4.1200 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,499	4.1135 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,969	4.1126 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,370	4.1118 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		159,297	4.1262 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,719	4.1234 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,370	4.1118 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,702	4.1175 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,732	4.1179 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,254	4.1195 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,830	4.1162 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,165	4.1146 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,989	4.1189 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,204	4.1213 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,719	4.1166 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,988	4.1200 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,478	4.1167 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		11,946	4.1202 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		15,116	4.1163 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,621	4.1176 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		19,860	4.1198 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		19,876	4.1264 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		23,702	4.1175 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		27,289	4.1178 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		29,989	4.1189 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		38,860	4.1145 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		76,379	4.1210 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		91,807	4.1194 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:				3 Oct 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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