Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

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

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS PLC

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

26 September 2022

(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?

VISTRY GROUP PLC

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:

0.01p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

2,833,446

0.57%

4,843,243

0.97%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,041,171

0.81%

2,314,707

0.46%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,874,617

1.38%

7,157,950

1.43%

(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

0.01p ordinary

Purchase

456,740

2.2744 GBP

2.1698 GBP

0.01p ordinary

Sale

135,043

2.2231 GBP

2.168 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

580

2.2621 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

229,074

2.1900 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

175

2.1820 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

179

2.2080 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

342

2.2200 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

513

2.1853 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

618

2.2060 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

697

2.2080 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

854

2.1702 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,470

2.2733 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,542

2.1704 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,761

2.1220 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,350

2.2173 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,492

2.2200 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,949

2.2108 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,810

2.1700 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

55,518

2.2117 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

482

2.1791 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,000

2.2069 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

119

2.2484 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

239

2.1800 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

476

2.2311 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,000

2.2744 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,352

2.2517 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,402

2.2013 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,610

2.2674 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,604

2.2487 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,860

2.2254 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,032

2.2247 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

5,322

2.1703 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

10,597

2.2164 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

12,400

2.1700 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

14,253

2.2488 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

16,319

2.1948 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

27,819

2.2165 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

33,015

2.2591 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

67,712

2.2310 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:

27 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213