Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

01 April 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  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:			31 Mar 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:				36,799,312	2.74%	4,121,255	0.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,613,683	0.19%	35,221,477	2.62%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				39,412,995	2.93%	39,342,732	2.93%
(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	1005870	0.6234  GBP	0.6042  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	955285	0.6303  GBP	0.6042  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	62,619	0.6044  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,248	0.6045  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	73,316	0.6094  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	170	0.6097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	156,064	0.6102  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,631	0.6108  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	53,397	0.6115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,788	0.6116  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,266	0.6119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,709	0.6151  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,096	0.6303  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	183,801	0.6045  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,885	0.6069  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	215,686	0.6089  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,597	0.6092  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	218,319	0.6093  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	66,203	0.6097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,931	0.6100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,909	0.6110  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,186	0.6112  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	45,722	0.6119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,805	0.6130  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	0.6175  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,191	0.6234  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	11,684	0.6089  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:				01 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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