Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

18 August 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				DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				15 Aug 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?				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:			66,261,847	5.03%	1,097,773	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			542,539	0.04%	65,506,217	4.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			66,804,386	5.07%	66,603,990	5.06%
(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
1p ordinary		Purchase		390,796		0.7815  GBP	0.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,407,844		0.7821  GBP	0.7680  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,600	0.7714  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		404,790	0.7715  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,886	0.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,718	0.7729  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,509	0.7731  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,288	0.7736  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,769	0.7739  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,552	0.7746  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,880	0.7752  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90,200	0.7754  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		831	0.7756  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,930	0.7758  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,685	0.7762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		112,707	0.7763  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,467	0.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,505	0.7768  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,211	0.7770  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,536	0.7773  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		973	0.7774  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		995,548	0.7775  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,647	0.7779  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,199	0.7796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,440	0.7715  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,169	0.7761  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,680	0.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,203	0.7768  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		790	0.7782  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		375	0.7785  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,890	0.7794  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		947	0.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,265	0.7801  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		93,125	0.7704  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		202,181	0.7714  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,738	0.7715  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		38,415	0.7737  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,093	0.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,873	0.7821  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		202,181	0.7714  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		107,736	0.7751  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:				18 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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