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

RNS Number : 1223Y

Barclays PLC

02 September 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:				01 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:			10p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		6,786,889	2.02%	1,231,088	0.37%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			1,230,551	0.37%	6,717,877	2.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		8,017,440	2.39%	7,948,965	2.37%
(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		692,478		5.2060 GBP	5.1798 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		270,234		5.1960 GBP	5.18 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		Increasing Long		250	5.1894 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,115	5.1873 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,368	5.1846 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,189	5.1800 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,460	5.1965 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,874	5.1856 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,319	5.1816 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,634	5.1906 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		56,164	5.1820 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		611	5.1799 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,015	5.1851 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,594	5.1819 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,970	5.1942 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,946	5.1873 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,505	5.1859 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,168	5.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,613	5.1835 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,132	5.1875 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,705	5.1857 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,122	5.1900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,415	5.1863 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,511	5.1877 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,706	5.1801 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,063	5.1907 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,001	5.1881 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,248	5.1879 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,477	5.1828 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,408	5.1876 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		224,852	5.1870 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		39,070	5.1844 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:				2 Sep 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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