25th Feb 2025 11:22
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 |
| ASSURA PLC | ||||
| relevant securities this form relates: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | ASSURA PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 24 Feb 2025 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 10p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 6,731,975 | 0.21% | 18,262,024 | 0.56% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 15,832,497 | 0.49% | 4,672,155 | 0.14% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 22,564,472 | 0.69% | 22,934,179 | 0.71% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,620,943 | 0.4441 GBP | 0.4296 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,252,295 | 0.4438 GBP | 0.4296 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 26,866 | 0.4296 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 851 | 0.4319 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 115,875 | 0.4320 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,009 | 0.4324 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,813 | 0.4356 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,441 | 0.4371 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,008 | 0.4387 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 288,970 | 0.4396 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 39,211 | 0.4404 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 23,186 | 0.4412 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 127,352 | 0.4419 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 584,015 | 0.4296 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,900 | 0.4308 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,727 | 0.4309 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 36,186 | 0.4316 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 76,139 | 0.4317 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 355,659 | 0.4325 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,319 | 0.4346 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,283 | 0.4376 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42 | 0.4385 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,348 | 0.4396 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 267,650 | 0.4408 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,753 | 0.4455 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 61,642 | 0.4347 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,927 | 0.4431 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,149,872 | 0.4296 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 25 Feb 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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