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 5363E  published at 11:45 on 10/04/2025 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:			09 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:				37,250,850	1.15%	10,069,961	0.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				6,322,290	0.19%	34,624,743	1.06%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				43,573,140	1.34%	44,694,704	1.37%
(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	16911946	0.4781  GBP	0.4702  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	28603499	0.4781  GBP	0.4726  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	244	0.4725  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,174,000	0.4727  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	358	0.4735  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,097,686	0.4736  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	486,711	0.4740  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,030,094	0.4741  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	52,706	0.4743  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,422,433	0.4744  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	393,614	0.4745  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	245,870	0.4746  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,949,306	0.4748  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	233,946	0.4749  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,102,960	0.4750  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	90,646	0.4751  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,539,018	0.4769  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	0.4774  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	260,058	0.4778  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,537	0.4780  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	48,718	11.9215  ZAR
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	235,146	0.4682  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,618,161	0.4702  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	932,629	0.4703  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	222,989	0.4722  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,860,400	0.4731  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	478,500	0.4740  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	33,379	0.4741  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,478	0.4742  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,789	0.4743  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	145,012	0.4747  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,085	0.4749  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,264,332	0.4750  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	603,894	0.4767  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,991	0.4775  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	165,685	0.4739  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	45,446	0.4769  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,554	0.4771  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	150,656	0.4771  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	48,718	11.9230  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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