Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC replacement

Barclays PLC

30 April 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2634G published at 11:59 on 25/04/2025 changes made to section 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:			24 Apr 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:				48,871,229	1.50%	7,606,142	0.23%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,909,237	0.12%	45,850,165	1.41%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				52,780,466	1.62%	53,456,307	1.64%
(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	4732190	0.4814  GBP	0.4804  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1901770	0.4814  GBP	0.4806  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	Decreasing Short	88,764	0.4806  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,975	0.4807  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	120,983	0.4808  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	42,993	0.4810  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,109	0.4811  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	337,621	0.4814  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	213	0.4818  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	11.8920  ZAR
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	208,142	0.4810  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	540,148	0.4811  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,475,667	0.4812  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	797,166	0.4814  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	221	0.4815  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,734	13.0074  ZAR
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	2,734	13.0057  ZAR
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	98,310	0.4808  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	60,040	0.4809  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	32,340	0.4810  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	80,938	0.4811  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	890	0.4814  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1	11.8900  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:				30-Apr-25
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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