Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Assura plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

12 March 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2183A published at 11:53 on 11/03/2025, changes made to section 2a and 3a
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.	KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:			BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this form relates:			ASSURA PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			ASSURA PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			10 Mar 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			YES:  PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC
2.	POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:				10p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				14,277,607	0.43%	12,165,948	0.37%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				6,594,532	0.20%	12,940,283	0.40%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				20,872,139	0.64%	25,106,231	0.77%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Total number of  securities	Highest price per unit  paid/received	Lowest price per unit  paid/received
10p ordinary	Purchase	17800680	0.4663  GBP	0.4643  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	11011896	0.4663  GBP	0.4649  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	16,891	0.4647  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	386,030	0.4649  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,611,299	0.4650  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	137,896	0.4651  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	11,710	0.4652  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	42,415	0.4654  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	19,279	0.4656  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,000,000	0.4651  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	776,133	0.4653  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	4,480,394	0.4654  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,183,015	0.4655  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	742,076	0.4656  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	525,343	0.4658  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13	0.4659  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	170,800	0.4663  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25	0.4667  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,115	0.4668  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,132	10.9067  ZAR
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	11,132	0.4654  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	12,584	0.4648  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	26,540	0.4653  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	11,132	10.9081  ZAR
(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 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 exempt principal trader 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:				12 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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