Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

23 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:				22 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:			383,837	0.20%	266,593	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			171,852	0.09%	300,044	0.15%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			555,689	0.28%	566,637	0.29%
(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		169,799		12.0600  GBP	11.7600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		328,736		12.0600  GBP	11.7600  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		172,710	11.8000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,676	11.8028  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		168	11.8131  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,293	11.8489  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165	11.8784  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,406	11.8868  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,133	11.9146  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,175	11.9158  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,800	11.9502  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		163	11.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,800	11.9839  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		265	11.9900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		194	12.0399  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		679	12.0549  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	12.0591  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,064	11.8000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		469	11.8008  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,167	11.8010  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,106	11.8066  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,135	11.8209  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125	11.8376  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		188	11.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		199	11.8614  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		171	11.8963  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,423	11.8967  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,130	11.9000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,066	12.0200  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		773	11.8739  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,094	11.9655  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		6,415	11.8000  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,662	11.8117  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		18,820	12.0063  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:				23 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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