Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)-Crest Nicholson Holdings 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 relevant securities this form relates:

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

12 Jul 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES: BELLWAY 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:

5p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

896,544

0.35%

3,561,557

1.39%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,356,669

1.31%

761,698

0.30%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

4,253,213

1.66%

4,323,255

1.68%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

5p ordinary

Sale

281473

2.5980 GBP

2.5448 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

409724

2.5940 GBP

2.5398 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,010

2.5484 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

23,524

2.5674 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,153

2.5450 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

500

2.5607 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

2.5929 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

2.5685 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,241

2.5398 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,099

2.5723 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

19,398

2.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,925

2.5690 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

7,197

2.5753 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11

2.5480 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

235

2.5540 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

218

2.5560 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

66,879

2.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,831

2.5582 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

279

2.5600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,256

2.5722 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

73

2.5579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

233

2.5586 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,973

2.5641 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,096

2.5649 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,650

2.5688 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,874

2.5745 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

95

2.5839 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,747

2.5972 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,640

2.5760 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

750

2.5740 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

750

2.5445 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

74,513

2.5574 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,489

2.5548 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,872

2.5549 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,685

2.5593 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,531

2.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,661

2.5554 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,615

2.5698 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

15 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213