Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

06 May 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  relevant securities this form relates:			DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			02 May 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:  AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC
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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				47,384,289	3.52%	3,327,417	0.24%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,922,018	0.14%	46,496,101	3.46%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				49,267,699	3.66%	49,823,518	3.70%
(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
1p ordinary	Purchase	3630088	0.6240  GBP	0.5775  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2099149	0.6272  GBP	0.5793  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,115	0.5793  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	375	0.5874  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,482	0.5917  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	242,125	0.5943  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,410	0.5989  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	71,506	0.6014  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,019	0.6021  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,115	0.6042  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	212,074	0.6064  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	39,021	0.6069  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	970	0.6145  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,323	0.6164  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	155,398	0.6169  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	36,350	0.6170  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,222	0.6173  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,200	0.6183  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	157,382	0.6184  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	51,732	0.6188  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,324	0.6217  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	166,182	0.6263  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,757	0.6264  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	268	0.6272  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	70,499	0.5774  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	772	0.5798  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,038	0.5836  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,268	0.5895  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,565	0.5900  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,099	0.5918  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	45,169	0.5935  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,209	0.5948  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,578	0.5977  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	372,407	0.5994  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	128,755	0.6002  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	117,542	0.6006  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,000,000	0.6116  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,795	0.6170  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	29,274	0.6015  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	514,602	0.6170  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	7,514	0.5900  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	379,835	0.6170  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	7,512	0.6240  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:				06-May-25
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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