Form 8.3 - HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTD/THE FUND

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTD/THE FUND

(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

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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 purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,551,867

1.04%

12,338,807

1.02%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

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

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

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

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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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