Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC

Barclays PLC

24 July 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				PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				ASSURA PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				23 Jul 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?				ASSURA PLC
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:				12.5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			18,342,274	1.37%	8,979,203	0.67%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,767,535	0.58%	17,576,348	1.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,109,809	1.95%	26,555,551	1.99%
(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
12.5p ordinary		Purchase		2,139,496		0.9665  GBP	0.9560  GBP
12.5p ordinary		Sale		1,181,301		0.9650  GBP	0.9560  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,769	0.9560  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	0.9561  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,697	0.9609  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,705	0.9616  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	0.9620  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,286	0.9626  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97,152	0.9627  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72,989	0.9628  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,079	0.9633  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,430	0.9636  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,670	0.9650  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		531	0.9690  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		548	22.8224  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		495,054	0.9560  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		697,594	0.9612  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		615	0.9620  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,396	0.9630  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,050	0.9636  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,809	0.9652  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,892	0.9665  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		139	22.8236  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	23.2460  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		548	0.9614  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		99,626	0.9630  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		139	22.8212  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		200	23.2430  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		112,323	0.9560  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,935	0.9614  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		614	0.9620  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		548	22.8254  ZAR
(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:				24 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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