Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC

Barclays PLC

14 March 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:				13 Mar 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				YES:
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				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:			20,088,239	0.62%	10,839,206	0.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,006,340	0.18%	19,127,015	0.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,094,579	0.80%	29,966,221	0.92%
(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		2,966,588		0.4698  GBP	0.4638  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,093,049		0.4684  GBP	0.4638  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		Decreasing Short		86,502	0.4637  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125,558	0.4638  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,116	0.4643  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,204	0.4645  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,020	0.4646  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,287	0.4650  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,604	0.4651  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,431	0.4657  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,176	0.4658  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		289,371	0.4659  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,740	0.4660  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,123	0.4663  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,045	0.4665  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,516	0.4666  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,665	0.4667  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,300	0.4677  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,700	0.4683  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		585,681	0.4638  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000,000	0.4647  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,952	0.4653  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93,320	0.4655  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,800	0.4656  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101,385	0.4657  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,809	0.4658  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		150,776	0.4660  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325,000	0.4661  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,653	0.4664  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95,004	0.4667  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,449	0.4670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,638	0.4676  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,628	0.4681  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	11.3680  ZAR
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		200	11.3666  ZAR
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		4,079	0.4653  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,251	0.4652  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		22,302	0.4694  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:				14 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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