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:

14 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:

485,296

0.22%

1,067,165

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,052,398

0.48%

409,105

0.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,537,694

0.70%

1,476,270

0.68%

(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)

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

149,825

7.6925 GBP

7.2496 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

253,124

7.6850 GBP

7.2497 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

7,546

7.5039 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

7.4392 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

21

7.6443 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

7.4773 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

7.6451 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

7.6456 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

47

7.4052 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

7.6644 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

95

7.6545 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

7.6392 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

107

7.4042 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

117

7.6546 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

149

7.6096 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

176

7.5296 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

261

7.5442 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

322

7.4388 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

334

7.4081 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

384

7.6418 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

461

7.6068 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

480

7.6420 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

7.5047 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,197

7.5877 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,202

7.4387 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,250

7.4083 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,731

7.6064 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,772

7.4598 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,476

7.5874 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,312

7.2497 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

13

7.4069 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

26

7.3199 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

154

7.3838 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

277

7.6300 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

400

7.6536 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

456

7.3250 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

547

7.6205 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

580

7.3788 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

728

7.6256 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

837

7.3005 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

850

7.6510 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,833

7.6006 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,868

7.5066 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,955

7.3116 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

3,206

7.2500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,954

7.4996 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,000

7.2688 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,000

7.3449 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,294

7.3856 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,825

7.4656 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,346

7.4516 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,542

7.5315 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

8,026

7.4285 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

9,319

7.2500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,420

7.5130 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

12,786

7.5330 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

13,559

7.2505 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,465

7.4874 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

19,098

7.5439 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

25,486

7.3200 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

27,895

7.4638 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

29,071

7.5126 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

71,851

7.2500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

24

7.5150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

54

7.6030 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

328

7.5411 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

71,851

7.2500 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:

15 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213