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

Barclays PLC

13 February 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) 2A and 3A
Replaces form Released at 06/02/2025 15:06 RNS Number : 2331W
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:			05 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:				20,658,350	1.53%	3,731,678	0.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,286,155	0.24%	17,645,479	1.31%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				23,944,505	1.77%	21,377,157	1.59%
(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	2000027	0.6955  GBP	0.6875  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1709173	0.6949  GBP	0.6873  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	288,454	0.6873  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	145,844	0.6874  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	132	0.6875  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	403	0.6900  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,127	0.6913  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,070	0.6917  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	97,616	0.6927  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63,925	0.6928  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,741	0.6933  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18,419	0.6938  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,851	0.6939  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,775	0.6940  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	700,066	0.6943  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	81,302	0.6947  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	216,695	0.6875  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,582	0.6891  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,000	0.6899  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	0.6900  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72,622	0.6906  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,817	0.6915  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,755	0.6917  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	265	0.6920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	0.6922  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,785	0.6925  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,400	0.6927  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72,119	0.6928  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	690	0.6938  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,420	0.6942  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,993	0.6946  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,133	0.6951  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,948	0.6953  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,675	0.6955  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	140,759	0.6875  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	62,375	0.6879  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:				13 Feb 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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