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:

06 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:

1,014,513

0.20%

8,885,008

1.78%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

8,584,074

1.72%

549,472

0.11%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,598,587

1.92%

9,434,480

1.89%

(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

1,411,041

2.6310 GBP

2.4496 GBP

0.01p ordinary

Sale

608,823

2.6000 GBP

2.4086 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

1

2.5600 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,709

2.5904 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,408

2.5893 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,586

2.5576 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,066

2.5046 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,298

2.5920 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,940

2.5693 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

75,215

2.5748 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

102,599

2.5621 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

150,444

2.5513 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,449

2.5324 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,237

2.5455 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

498

2.5880 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

524

2.5450 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

579

2.5400 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,002

2.6000 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,172

2.5448 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,716

2.5563 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,027

2.5273 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,652

2.5354 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,862

2.4773 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,395

2.4756 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,951

2.5724 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

10,541

2.5568 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

11,408

2.5549 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

13,177

2.5604 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,801

2.5715 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

16,344

2.5752 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

19,000

2.5615 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

41,288

2.5597 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

41,366

2.5618 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

53,732

2.5659 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

63,940

2.5693 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

94,801

2.5318 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

100,318

2.5597 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

159,999

2.5631 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

175,288

2.5549 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,272

2.5931 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,865

2.5493 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

18,226

2.5457 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

38,060

2.5920 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

39

2.5920 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

195

2.5396 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

3,940

2.5115 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

4,320

2.5370 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

7,103

2.5682 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

19,421

2.5919 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

23,737

2.4496 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

50,000

2.5317 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

50,412

2.5447 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

55,298

2.5920 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

62,950

2.5330 GBP

0.01p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

342,008

2.5262 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:

7 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213