Form 8.3 - Restaurant Group plc, The

Barclays PLC

25 October 2023

 

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				RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE
	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:				24 Oct 2023
(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:				28.125p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,850,660	1.54%	39,044,324	5.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			537,742	0.07%	11,542,265	1.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,388,402	1.61%	50,586,589	6.57%
(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
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		1,525,225		0.6503  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		713,278		0.6515  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		177,180		0.6538  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		163,655		0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		61,137		0.6547  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		50,931		0.6549  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		47,985		0.6544  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		44,459		0.6516  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		34,702		0.6500  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		30,601		0.6536  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		24,639		0.6528  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		20,016		0.6533  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		17,203		0.6530  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		9,633		0.6493  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		8,629		0.6541  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		6,931		0.6510  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		2,795		0.6640  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		77,478		0.6521  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		59,391		0.6547  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		26,095		0.6551  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		18,757		0.6493  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		8,918		0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		8,736		0.6529  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		6,861		0.6530  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		2,795		0.6640  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		2,109		0.6549  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		300		0.6570  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		32		0.6532  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		300	0.6569  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,492	0.6549  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,736	0.6529  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		8,837	0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,060	0.6495  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,953	0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18,757	0.6493  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		50,165	0.6519  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		626	0.6560  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,931	0.6510  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,633	0.6493  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		22,368	0.6522  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		30,919	0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		34,702	0.6500  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		132,736	0.6550  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		191,774	0.6536  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		198,629	0.6535  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		253,085	0.6507  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		437,199	0.6518  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,525,225	0.6503  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:				25 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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