Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) VISTRY GROUP 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

VISTRY GROUP 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:

28 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?

COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIPS 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:

50p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

438,713

0.20%

1,737,976

0.80%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,697,665

0.78%

395,974

0.18%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,136,378

0.98%

2,133,950

0.98%

(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

50p ordinary

Purchase

386,723

6.1551 GBP

5.905 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

334,343

6.1553 GBP

5.8458 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

62

6.0991 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

143

5.9455 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

356

5.9470 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

541

5.9751 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

712

6.1496 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,015

6.0945 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,058

6.1551 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,465

6.0158 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,739

6.0749 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,930

5.9074 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,027

6.0620 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,385

6.1067 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,551

6.1011 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,562

5.9891 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,962

6.1434 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,849

6.0972 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,053

6.0763 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,212

6.0612 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,746

5.9185 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,873

6.1550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,366

5.9657 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,000

5.9522 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,192

6.0265 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

41,824

6.0211 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

5.8458 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

5.9938 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

16

6.0093 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

6.0949 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

6.1241 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

86

6.0691 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,541

6.0616 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

7,161

6.1550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

7,506

6.1550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

9,456

5.9605 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

9,801

5.9876 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

10,128

6.0059 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

27,771

6.1545 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

30,252

6.0221 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

52,207

6.0487 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

61,911

6.0714 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

64,571

6.0927 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

602

5.9741 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

7,069

6.1553 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

16,460

6.1550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

26,709

6.0746 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

16,460

6.1550 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:

29 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213