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RNS Number : 5531L Barclays PLC 22 April 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: 19 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: 10,859,405 0.90% 1,727,330 0.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 1,662,461 0.14% 10,611,477 0.88%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
12,551,867 1.04% 12,338,807 1.02%
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 7278 0.9165 GBP
ordinary Purchase 16499 0.9157 GBP
ordinary Purchase 27209 0.9200 GBP
ordinary Purchase 50000 0.9160 GBP
ordinary Purchase 67544 0.9170 GBP
ordinary Purchase 88389 0.9190 GBP
ordinary Purchase 100000 0.9150 GBP
ordinary Purchase 230885 0.9150 GBP
ordinary Purchase 876775 0.9175 GBP
ordinary Sale 10882 0.9162 GBP
ordinary Sale 24211 0.9154 GBP
ordinary Sale 440939 0.9160 GBP
ordinary Sale 1047652 0.9155 GBP
ordinary Sale 3824365 0.9150 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
ordinary CFD Closing Short 25,134 0.9170 GBP
ordinary CFD Closing Short 30,001 0.9199 GBP
ordinary CFD Closing Short 91,907 0.9169 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14,505 0.9171 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 86,654 0.9190 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 292,983 0.9170 GBP
ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 549,030 0.9178 GBP
ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,815 0.9149 GBP
ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 418,650 0.9156 GBP
ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 647,398 0.9154 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Long 10,882 0.9162 GBP
ordinary CFD Opening Long 390,939 0.9159 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: 22 Apr 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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