Form 8.3 - RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 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:			15,407,559	2.00%	38,855,810	5.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			463,338	0.06%	15,184,095	1.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,870,897	2.06%	54,039,905	7.02%
(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		378,628		0.6675  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		261,191		0.6630  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		96,868		0.6647  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		53,699		0.6669  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		22,279		0.6645  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		21,862		0.6635  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		20,729		0.6720  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		18,729		0.6650  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		11,797		0.6695  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		9,635		0.6682  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		8,708		0.6655  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		2,534		0.6700  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		230,217		0.6673  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		62,082		0.6687  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		60,873		0.6686  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		33,993		0.6680  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		30,181		0.6630  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		22,496		0.6681  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		20,727		0.6720  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		14,095		0.6715  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		6,882		0.6682  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		4,701		0.6725  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		3,315		0.6650  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		2,530		0.6700  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		1,900		0.6705  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		CFD		Long		799	0.6719  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,891	0.6696  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,900	0.6705  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,860	0.6688  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		18,912	0.6681  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		24,232	0.6649  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		35,001	0.6700  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		35,162	0.6713  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		65,499	0.6671  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		69,838	0.6699  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		125,916	0.6661  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		4	0.6700  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		723	0.6636  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,081	0.6628  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,310	0.6649  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,450	0.6655  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,518	0.6640  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,736	0.6637  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,570	0.6641  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,703	0.6654  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,797	0.6695  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,403	0.6634  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,022	0.6650  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		38,959	0.6646  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		49,206	0.6647  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		58,861	0.6629  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		128,834	0.6679  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		206,363	0.6630  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		249,794	0.6673  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:				07 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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