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:

22 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:

459,406

0.21%

1,292,279

0.59%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,272,781

0.58%

394,244

0.18%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,732,187

0.79%

1,686,523

0.77%

(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

69,661

7.0950 GBP

6.9844 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

159,299

7.1119 GBP

6.95 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

182

7.0452 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

400

7.1099 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,270

7.0000 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,592

6.9944 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,561

7.1119 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,537

6.9987 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,975

6.9600 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,000

7.0229 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,940

7.0100 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

6.9724 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

6.9593 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

7.0164 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

7.0142 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

13

6.9802 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

18

6.9892 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

7.0090 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

37

6.9985 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

44

6.9812 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

6.9763 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

6.9858 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

7.0094 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

7.0087 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

290

7.0098 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

7.0397 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

36

7.0100 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

918

7.0061 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,272

7.0390 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,995

7.0100 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

3,877

7.0215 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

4,034

7.0433 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

13,584

6.9754 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

24,481

7.0106 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

27,371

7.0094 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

31,570

7.0089 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

55,759

7.0063 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

128

6.9825 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

428

7.0489 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:

23 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213