24th Feb 2025 08:46
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: |
| 21 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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| 5,993,429 | 0.18% | 19,892,126 | 0.61% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 17,400,963 | 0.54% | 4,456,879 | 0.14% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 23,394,392 | 0.72% | 24,349,005 | 0.75% |
(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 | 2,559,168 | 0.4412 GBP | 0.4350 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,600,360 | 0.4410 GBP | 0.4366 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 | 4,059 | 0.4366 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 45,600 | 0.4382 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,049 | 0.4390 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 25,478 | 0.4394 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 138,622 | 0.4397 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 139,117 | 0.4398 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,400 | 0.4400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,355 | 0.4403 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 163,602 | 0.4406 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 235,448 | 0.4408 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4 | 0.4344 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 202,952 | 0.4350 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,934 | 0.4366 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 74,217 | 0.4380 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,782 | 0.4384 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,000 | 0.4390 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 52,000 | 0.4397 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,000 | 0.4399 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,537 | 0.4400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 75,497 | 0.4401 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 44 | 0.4402 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 145,486 | 0.4405 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 721 | 0.4407 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 335,868 | 0.4408 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,553 | 0.4410 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,565 | 0.4389 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 62,464 | 0.4399 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 19,082 | 0.4393 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 548,271 | 0.4408 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 |
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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: | 24 Feb 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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