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:

12 October 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:

826,065

0.38%

1,364,578

0.63%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,234,646

0.57%

729,037

0.33%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,060,711

0.94%

2,093,615

0.96%

(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

185,672

5.3702 GBP

5.135 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

237,962

5.3725 GBP

5.1464 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

103

5.3500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

231

5.2100 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

232

5.2000 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

270

5.2700 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

271

5.2575 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

485

5.2303 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

520

5.2136 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

709

5.1939 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,050

5.1967 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,346

5.2001 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,258

5.2024 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,020

5.2417 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

39,536

5.2194 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,989

5.1974 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

572

5.1950 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

666

5.3725 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,211

5.1948 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,245

5.2226 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,550

5.2594 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

85

5.1850 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

282

5.1350 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

499

5.1820 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

613

5.2502 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

728

5.1890 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

788

5.2034 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

844

5.1692 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

868

5.2335 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,089

5.1918 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,452

5.2240 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,869

5.1945 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,901

5.3051 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,126

5.1879 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,235

5.3702 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,955

5.2029 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,161

5.1791 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,517

5.1949 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

3,769

5.2657 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,143

5.1735 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,282

5.1602 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,679

5.2270 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

7,041

5.1950 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,269

5.1942 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

9,454

5.3357 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,139

5.1924 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

15,300

5.2101 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

18,911

5.2014 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

31,463

5.2124 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

115

5.1894 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

582

5.2230 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,201

5.2338 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,921

5.2129 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,714

5.2865 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

14,000

5.1880 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

6,636

5.1950 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

10

5.2990 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

17

5.2160 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

21

5.2073 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

49

5.2006 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

67

5.1976 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

102

5.1464 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

275

5.2204 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

350

5.2083 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

2,211

5.1948 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:

13 Oct 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213