REG - Barclays PLC Hipgnosis Songs Fund - Form 8.3 - Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited

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RNS Number : 8787M  Barclays PLC  01 May 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                                   HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTD/THE FUND

 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:                                         30 Apr 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:                                                                       ordinary
                                                                                                   Interests                 Short Positions
                    Number                  (%)                            Number                  (%)
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                  12,237,031   1.01%        102,988      0.01%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                     1,161,477    0.10%        12,980,621   1.07%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                               0            0.00%        0            0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                   13,398,508   1.11%        13,083,609   1.08%

 TOTAL:

 
 (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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
 (a)                Purchase and sales
 Class of relevant  Purchase/sale           Number of                      Price per unit

 security
 securities
 ordinary           Purchase                4524                           1.0380  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                11018                          1.0400  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                36143                          1.0387  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                154610                         1.0392  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                164613                         1.0397  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                206190                         1.0377  GBP
 ordinary           Purchase                1900000                        1.0487  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    5191                           1.0447  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    8505                           1.0385  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    14783                          1.0400  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    17600                          1.0399  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    22881                          1.0393  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    23216                          1.0380  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    31836                          1.0366  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    32002                          1.0387  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    36327                          1.0388  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    261198                         1.0390  GBP
 ordinary           Sale                    424339
 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of           Product  description    Nature of dealing              Number of               Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 ordinary           CFD                     Closing Long                   5,191                   1.0447  GBP
 ordinary           CFD                     Closing Long                   9,114                   1.0400  GBP
 ordinary           SWAP                    Decreasing Short               17,600                  1.0399  GBP
 ordinary           SWAP                    Decreasing Short               424,339                 1.0379  GBP
 ordinary           SWAP                    Increasing Short               358                     1.0380  GBP
 ordinary           CFD                     Opening Short                  154,610                 1.0391  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 person 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:                                                                               01 May 2024
 Contact name:                                                                                     Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                 020 3134 7213

 

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