Form 8.3 - Currys plc

Barclays PLC

26 February 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				CURRYS PLC
	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:				23 Feb 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:				0.1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,955,722	1.05%	1,548,052	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,185,264	0.10%	11,641,108	1.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,140,986	1.16%	13,189,160	1.16%
(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
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		152,665		0.6816  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		76,303		0.6794  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		50,647		0.6765  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		43,807		0.6888  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		0.6800  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		22,400		0.6818  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		18,799		0.6764  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		16,639		0.6842  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		15,384		0.6793  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		8,358		0.6874  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		6,399		0.6804  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		5,778		0.6790  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		4,040		0.6799  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		2,585		0.6830  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,776		0.6866  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,458		0.6815  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,202		0.6910  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,176		0.6850  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		1,131		0.6770  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		231		0.6820  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		35		0.6806  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Purchase		4		0.6760  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		234,011		0.6826  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		102,956		0.6805  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		58,173		0.6813  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		34,858		0.6772  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		34,060		0.6815  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		30,199		0.6791  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		29,960		0.6851  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		18,750		0.6792  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		15,242		0.6788  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		8,435		0.6795  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		8,358		0.6875  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		6,250		0.6825  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		4,057		0.6811  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		3,234		0.6765  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,969		0.6870  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		2,881		0.6860  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		1,700		0.6864  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		1,202		0.6910  GBP
0.1p ordinary		Sale		341		0.6761  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,008	0.6765  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,967	0.6813  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,057	0.6811  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,050	0.6793  GBP
0.1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,131	0.6808  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,802	0.6799  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,960	0.6851  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,206	0.6813  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		211,209	0.6829  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,700	0.6864  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,627	0.6787  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,199	0.6791  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	0.6763  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,131	0.6770  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,176	0.6850  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,776	0.6866  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,261	0.6830  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,236	0.6838  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,433	0.6834  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,384	0.6794  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,400	0.6818  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,232	0.6765  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,807	0.6888  GBP
0.1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,988	0.6863  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:				26 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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