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:

24 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:

1,415,614

0.55%

3,525,304

1.37%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,337,706

1.30%

1,287,336

0.50%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

4,753,320

1.85%

4,812,640

1.87%

(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

32195

2.5420 GBP

2.5180 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

917193

2.5416 GBP

2.5273 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

Increasing Long

885

2.5289 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,486

2.5469 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,850

2.5224 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

11,224

2.5362 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

952

2.5377 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65

2.5419 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500

2.5408 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

632

2.5199 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

176

2.5358 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,819

2.5379 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,933

2.5324 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

593,996

2.5356 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

153

2.5279 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

360

2.5180 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,850

2.5356 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

69,992

2.5362 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

43,685

2.5386 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,294

2.5259 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

331

2.5172 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

368

2.5204 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,770

2.5253 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,905

2.5300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,638

2.5345 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

40,153

2.5360 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,915

2.5387 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,182

2.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,138

2.5401 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,871

2.5404 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,227

2.5410 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35

2.5419 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

198

2.5476 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,975

2.5308 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,109

2.5330 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,339

2.5352 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,672

2.5360 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

57,790

2.5365 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:

25 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213