Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC

Barclays PLC

19 February 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
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				ASSURA PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				ASSURA PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				18 Feb 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			5,456,991	0.17%	18,013,519	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			15,463,976	0.48%	4,480,334	0.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,920,967	0.64%	22,493,853	0.69%
(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		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,052,221		0.4406  GBP	0.4242  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,973,490		0.4387  GBP	0.4244  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		385	10.0417  ZAR
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,000	9.9683  ZAR
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		810,712	0.4244  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,773	0.4295  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,591	0.4298  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		261,962	0.4302  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,167	0.4313  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		510,629	0.4316  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		184,462	0.4320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		70,845	0.4323  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,944	0.4326  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		153,100	0.4344  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,967	0.4347  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		104,084	0.4348  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,827	0.4358  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		156,833	0.4365  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		87,281	0.4369  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,195	0.4247  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,855	0.4292  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,490	0.4294  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,982	0.4329  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		90,749	0.4348  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		177,242	0.4357  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		250,000	0.4361  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	0.4369  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,365	0.4371  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52	0.4380  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,231	0.4404  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,000	9.9670  ZAR
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		385	10.0430  ZAR
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		59,673	0.4292  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		754	0.4346  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		18,167	0.4353  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9,000	0.4246  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,315	0.4292  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 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:				19 Feb 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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