Form 8.3 - Currys plc

Barclays PLC

28 February 2024

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				CURRYS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				27 Feb 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				0.1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,593,891	1.02%	1,561,310	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,209,620	0.11%	11,284,467	1.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,803,511	1.13%	12,845,777	1.13%
(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		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		217,107		0.6822  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		100,516		0.6705  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		72,489		0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		50,113		0.6600  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		24,301		0.6649  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		19,311		0.6872  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		14,295		0.6908  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		13,938		0.6960  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		11,453		0.6652  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		10,776		0.6700  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		8,900		0.6657  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,788		0.6910  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		3,276		0.6709  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		2,741		0.6723  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,376		0.6690  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		250		0.6716  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		84		0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		17		0.6684  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.6740  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		127,392		0.6828  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		121,213		0.6674  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		119,037		0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		108,853		0.6803  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		99,662		0.6773  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		97,160		0.6781  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		64,840		0.6717  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		32,882		0.6859  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		25,743		0.6764  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		25,233		0.6916  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		22,622		0.6967  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		22,135		0.6854  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		13,788		0.6921  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		13,098		0.6943  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		11,542		0.6853  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		11,112		0.6692  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		10,695		0.6850  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,594		0.6872  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,273		0.6745  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,025		0.6794  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		84		0.6855  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		17		0.6685  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		617		0.6648  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		20,000	0.6910  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,095	0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,025	0.6794  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,182	0.6776  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		33,412	0.6697  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,744	0.6736  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82,480	0.6773  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,105	0.6781  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108,853	0.6803  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		118,954	0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		121,213	0.6674  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,743	0.6764  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,192	0.6698  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	0.6741  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		831	0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,376	0.6690  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,741	0.6723  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,884	0.6722  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,117	0.6858  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,900	0.6657  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,776	0.6700  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,453	0.6652  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,956	0.6854  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,086	0.6743  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,938	0.6960  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,378	0.6650  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,113	0.6600  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		217,107	0.6822  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		150,000	0.6935  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		35,592	0.6650  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 person 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:				28 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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