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:

06 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:

1,254,618

0.57%

556,594

0.26%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

533,367

0.24%

1,100,372

0.50%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,787,985

0.82%

1,656,966

0.76%

(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

200,369

8.1002 GBP

7.57 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

731,697

8.1000 GBP

7.5457 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

1,514

7.8727 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

188

7.9848 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

188

8.0073 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

561

8.0529 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

570

8.0998 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

646

7.8850 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

674

8.0372 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

845

7.9600 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,364

8.0024 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,433

7.9884 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,302

8.0093 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,330

8.0120 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,846

8.0185 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,851

8.0010 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,226

7.9691 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,249

8.0437 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,292

7.9577 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,239

7.9622 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,554

7.9806 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

67,343

8.0087 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

92,606

8.0345 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

150,090

8.0315 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

6

8.0182 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

20

8.0155 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

24

7.9850 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

49

7.9863 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

54

7.9801 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

62

7.9859 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

86

7.9956 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

87

7.9643 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

97

8.0176 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

103

8.0041 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

109

7.9958 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

117

7.9829 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

120

8.0065 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

137

7.9923 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

152

7.9577 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

187

8.0009 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

206

7.9799 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

252

7.9793 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

330

7.9653 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

389

8.0036 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

395

7.9899 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

440

7.9837 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

444

7.9830 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

507

7.9677 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

511

7.9925 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

572

7.9578 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

608

7.9609 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

944

7.9797 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,797

8.1002 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,908

7.9674 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

27

7.5717 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

96

8.0378 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

248

7.6210 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

249

7.9575 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

488

7.5455 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

946

7.9376 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

1,806

7.7885 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

1,905

8.0149 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

2,318

7.7488 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

5,383

7.9747 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

6,291

8.0999 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

7,362

7.9896 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

7,876

7.9484 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

10,398

7.9664 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

11,477

8.0287 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

16,166

8.1000 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

16,319

8.1000 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

37,268

7.9909 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

37,717

7.9612 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Long

89,023

7.8715 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

6,875

7.9721 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

1,875

8.0067 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:

7 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213