Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 May 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:				16 May 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:			55,109,480	4.10%	1,447,139	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,093,793	0.08%	54,431,299	4.05%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			56,203,273	4.18%	55,878,438	4.16%
(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		383,113		0.6875  GBP	0.6648  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		328,622		0.6740  GBP	0.6655  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		22,951	0.6681  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,948	0.6686  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,740	0.6687  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,734	0.6689  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,550	0.6692  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		707	0.6694  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,716	0.6708  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,628	0.6709  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,459	0.6723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,460	0.6724  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105,730	0.6739  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,532	0.6740  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,601	0.6671  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		957	0.6702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	0.6705  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,797	0.6721  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,717	0.6726  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,977	0.6727  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,113	0.6730  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,362	0.6732  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174,298	0.6740  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	0.6755  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		41,147	0.6739  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		25,244	0.6735  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:				22 May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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