Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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				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:				04 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?				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:			15,120,730	1.13%	10,566,702	0.79%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,975,331	0.67%	14,436,091	1.08%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,096,061	1.80%	25,002,793	1.87%
(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		1,830,836		0.9662  GBP	0.9580  GBP
12.5p ordinary		Sale		3,543,907		0.9647  GBP	0.9575  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		Increasing Long		56,205	0.9606  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		568	0.9588  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,164	0.9590  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		416,500	0.9591  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,010	0.9597  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,671	0.9600  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,901	0.9606  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		205,040	0.9612  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		238,194	0.9630  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		579,750	0.9643  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		608,184	0.9647  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,885	0.9664  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,930	0.9680  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,562	0.9594  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,287	0.9596  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	0.9599  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91,671	0.9600  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		169,876	0.9604  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	0.9605  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,143	0.9607  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,733	0.9613  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,449	0.9626  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,233	0.9630  GBP
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	23.0160  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25	23.8859  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,808	0.9629  GBP
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		432	23.0136  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25	23.8828  ZAR
12.5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		134,691	0.9610  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:				05 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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