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

Barclays PLC

06 February 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment to 2a and 3a
Replaces form Released at 05/02/2025 10:38 RNS Number : 0351W
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:			04 Feb 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:				19,921,608	1.48%	3,285,790	0.24%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,717,184	0.20%	17,790,197	1.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,638,792	1.68%	21,075,987	1.57%
(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	1884353	0.6930  GBP	0.6743  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1162937	0.6930  GBP	0.6710  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	58,533	0.6789  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	236,297	0.6798  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28,543	0.6813  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	73,048	0.6821  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,458	0.6843  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,997	0.6861  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,789	0.6866  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,624	0.6868  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	54,098	0.6878  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,683	0.6919  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	175,208	0.6928  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,392	0.6929  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	61,811	0.6930  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000	0.6931  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,447	0.6770  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	625	0.6799  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,970	0.6803  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,742	0.6838  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	61,875	0.6840  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	623	0.6845  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	114,369	0.6851  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,059	0.6856  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,817	0.6868  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,778	0.6870  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	364	0.6873  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,201	0.6876  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	119,468	0.6885  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,824	0.6887  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	78,026	0.6889  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,221	0.6895  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,772	0.6899  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	493	0.6908  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200,000	0.6911  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	100,284	0.6916  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	409	0.6922  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	314,670	0.6923  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	598	0.6929  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	51,109	0.6930  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	38,195	0.6929  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	21,413	0.6906  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 Feb 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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