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:

05 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:

1,656,204

0.76%

426,852

0.20%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

407,184

0.19%

1,501,630

0.69%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,063,388

0.95%

1,928,482

0.88%

(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

84,555

7.5500 GBP

7.36 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

623,219

7.5500 GBP

7.3175 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

Opening Long

850

7.4975 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

4,000

7.3607 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

4,906

7.3838 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

7,608

7.5384 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

9,000

7.2577 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

9,698

7.4604 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

10,695

7.4093 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

24,070

7.4156 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

38,091

7.4345 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

39

7.4707 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

126

7.4144 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

132

7.3418 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

197

7.4750 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

204

7.3217 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

224

7.3299 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

229

7.3700 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

265

7.4525 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

272

7.3175 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

352

7.4434 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

379

7.3720 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

383

7.3347 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

514

7.4708 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

556

7.4482 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

591

7.3790 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

807

7.3829 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

869

7.4367 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

1,142

7.4294 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

1,206

7.5081 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

1,288

7.4073 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

2,504

7.5034 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

2,833

7.4599 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

2,873

7.4961 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

3,263

7.3709 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

3,270

7.3484 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

3,297

7.4737 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

3,472

7.5500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

3,749

7.4927 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

4,131

7.4792 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

4,148

7.4745 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

4,823

7.4881 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

7,905

7.5500 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

8,140

7.5500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

8,418

7.4648 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

8,423

7.3641 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

9,128

7.5423 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

13,027

7.4595 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

13,798

7.5493 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

20,069

7.4505 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

31,929

7.5307 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

33,150

7.5295 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

53,199

7.5420 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Opening Short

82,543

7.4274 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

98,938

7.4710 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

140,881

7.4983 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:

6 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213