Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 October 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				BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				21 Oct 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:			523,107	0.27%	246,926	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			147,368	0.07%	439,314	0.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			670,475	0.34%	686,240	0.35%
(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		104,661		11.8000  GBP	11.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		127,272		11.8000  GBP	11.4600  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		3,780	11.6628  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	11.5000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		282	11.5054  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		651	11.5698  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		987	11.5943  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		410	11.6076  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,899	11.6200  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		999	11.6343  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,650	11.6363  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,777	11.6370  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,482	11.6402  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		186	11.6430  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		206	11.6439  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,869	11.6818  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,358	11.6869  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,500	11.7144  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		520	11.7226  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		734	11.7335  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,079	11.7524  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	11.7547  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,415	11.7594  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,016	11.7599  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,976	11.7600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	11.7623  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		247	11.4800  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	11.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152	11.4966  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59	11.4984  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,286	11.5000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	11.5100  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		401	11.5200  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		198	11.5369  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118	11.5400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76	11.5452  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		641	11.5489  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		652	11.6004  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,638	11.7336  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,567	11.7600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		275	11.7601  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,885	11.7605  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		484	11.5945  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		21,366	11.6574  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,345	11.7172  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		442	11.4806  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,238	11.6066  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,069	11.6106  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:				22 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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