Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)Micro Focus International plc

RNS Number : 7632X

Barclays PLC

31 August 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				MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				Open Text Corporation
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				30 August 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:			10p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		6,023,930	1.79%	1,477,430	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			1,531,479	0.46%	5,978,587	1.78%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		7,555,409	2.25%	7,456,017	2.22%
(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,314,931		5.2020 GBP	5.158 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		841,394		5.2020 GBP	5.1579 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	5.1912 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		615	5.2008 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,000	5.1950 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,559	5.1953 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,192	5.1984 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,400	5.1949 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,506	5.1917 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,974	5.1732 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		22,432	5.1952 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,027	5.1957 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		44,611	5.1910 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		47,273	5.1639 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		83,941	5.1919 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		111,302	5.1866 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		400,000	5.1266 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		410,445	5.1913 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,871	5.1919 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,143	5.1922 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,663	5.1882 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,571	5.1816 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,049	5.1920 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,940	5.1852 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,486	5.1805 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,506	5.1917 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,587	5.1775 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,924	5.1628 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,314	5.1927 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,473	5.1635 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,070	5.1851 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,178	5.1910 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,857	5.1863 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,073	5.1909 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,320	5.1916 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,113	5.1877 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,050	5.1875 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,474	5.1898 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128,130	5.1743 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		376,100	5.1796 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		25,827	5.1880 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		150,000	5.1716 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		225,000	5.1732 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		375,000	5.1951 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		500,000	5.1596 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		2,740	5.1798 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		400,000	5.9450 USD

(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:				31 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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