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:

23 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:

563,396

0.26%

1,486,011

0.68%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,333,001

0.61%

386,275

0.18%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,896,397

0.87%

1,872,286

0.86%

(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

232,157

7.3450 GBP

6.9646 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

321,899

7.3450 GBP

6.9719 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

859

7.1188 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,956

7.1064 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

3,500

7.2266 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

6,532

7.1484 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

8,195

7.0905 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,000

7.1818 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

110,966

7.0900 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

7.0808 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

7.1145 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

27

7.1127 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

32

7.1305 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

7.1077 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

49

7.1130 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

7.1962 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

54

7.1386 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

56

7.1265 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

7.1242 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

105

7.1183 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

122

7.1312 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

207

7.1373 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

211

7.1945 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

242

7.0942 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

328

7.1976 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

423

7.1098 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

641

7.1239 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

810

7.1533 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

875

7.1445 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

902

7.0933 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,275

7.0898 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,261

7.1931 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

204

7.1350 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

215

7.0000 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

223

7.0300 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,358

7.2034 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,326

7.0860 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,560

7.0787 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,261

7.1931 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

6,418

7.0899 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,733

7.1319 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

13,495

7.1662 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

27,110

7.1413 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

35,985

7.2215 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

53,104

7.1488 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

59,152

7.1558 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

279

7.1106 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

373

7.1252 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

2,369

7.0407 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,369

7.1092 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:

26 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213