Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

04 August 2025

 

FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 4280T  published at 11:40 on 31/07/2025, changes made to section 2A,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:			30 Jul 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:				74,475,095	2.28%	4,154,429	0.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,088,519	0.09%	73,252,930	2.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				77,563,614	2.37%	77,407,359	2.38%
(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	5742766	0.5010  GBP	0.4987  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5130970	0.5010  GBP	0.4990  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	78,482	0.4990  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	154,354	0.4992  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,390	0.4994  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,412	0.4997  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	128,779	0.5000  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,594	0.5003  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	0.5008  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	116,802	0.5013  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	155,067	0.4990  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	59,232	0.4993  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	532,560	0.4997  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	703,801	0.4998  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	718,699	0.5000  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,143	0.5001  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	490,706	0.5002  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,669	0.5004  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,034	0.5010  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,731,656	0.4996  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	67,193	0.4990  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,107,747	0.4996  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 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:				04-Aug-25
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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