Form 8.3 - RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

03 November 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:				02 Nov 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:			14,908,263	1.94%	38,820,081	5.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			480,147	0.06%	14,720,242	1.91%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,388,410	2.00%	53,540,323	6.95%
(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		362,342		0.6719  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		62,500		0.6735  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		53,502		0.6690  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		47,705		0.6679  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		43,992		0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		30,146		0.6757  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		11,736		0.6769  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		9,818		0.6755  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		6,695		0.6775  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		5,973		0.6704  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		0.6720  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		3,362		0.6710  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		2,657		0.6730  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		2,366		0.6770  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		1,262		0.6790  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		2		0.6700  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		351,522		0.6718  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		310,308		0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		30,555		0.6721  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		30,505		0.6738  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		16,929		0.6732  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		10,359		0.6679  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		9,209		0.6731  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		8,696		0.6753  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		8,518		0.6755  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		443		0.6710  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		2,093	0.6771  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,213	0.6755  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,209	0.6731  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,359	0.6679  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,967	0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,800	0.6754  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		35,358	0.6679  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		150,514	0.6724  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		155,669	0.6725  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		260,983	0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		3	0.6666  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		642	0.6752  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,262	0.6790  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,068	0.6753  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,975	0.6794  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,399	0.6754  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,285	0.6750  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,497	0.6745  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,702	0.6777  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,957	0.6780  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	0.6720  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,031	0.6775  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,863	0.6710  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,651	0.6755  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,365	0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,729	0.6769  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,608	0.6751  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,888	0.6692  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,976	0.6693  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,638	0.6685  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		159,953	0.6713  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		192,730	0.6721  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:				03 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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