Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC
24 July 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

23 Jul 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 BELLWAY PLC

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:

5p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

814,697

0.32%

3,809,385

1.48%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,611,179

1.41%

684,129

0.27%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

4,425,876

1.72%

4,493,514

1.75%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

5p ordinary

Sale

276154

2.5588  GBP

2.5300  GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

268950

2.5620  GBP

2.5300  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,769

2.5565  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,078

2.5427  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,263

2.5563  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,447

2.5523  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,851

2.5463  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

2.5350  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,436

2.5491  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

542

2.5618  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,310

2.5576  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,684

2.5435  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

153

2.5419  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,400

2.5300  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

188

2.5320  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

175

2.5620  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,728

2.5320  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

43,539

2.5351  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,023

2.5299  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

95,202

2.5313  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

45

2.5619  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,028

2.5411  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,234

2.5422  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,652

2.5441  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,883

2.5442  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63

2.5500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,466

2.5620  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

2.5322  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

645

2.5463  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

13,869

2.5497  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,253

2.5511  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,584

2.5360  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 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:

24 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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