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:

08 November 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:

1,383,220

0.63%

2,306,301

1.06%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,060,096

0.94%

1,165,115

0.53%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,443,316

1.58%

3,471,416

1.59%

(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

287,258

6.0700 GBP

6.0142 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

214,338

6.0700 GBP

5.9918 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

23

6.0500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

238

6.0146 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

720

6.0441 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

954

6.0224 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,474

6.0547 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,128

6.0206 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,174

6.0288 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

3,451

6.0094 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,581

6.0357 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,721

6.0346 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,914

6.0443 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,018

6.0413 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

5,131

6.0437 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

5,199

6.0500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,411

6.0594 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,926

6.0470 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

29,019

6.0504 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,490

6.0457 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,934

6.0461 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,382

6.0455 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,095

6.0492 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

889

6.0332 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,939

6.0220 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

123

6.0492 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,324

6.0507 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,922

6.0250 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,067

6.0427 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,260

6.0504 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,000

6.0522 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,246

6.0282 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,323

6.0501 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

14,873

6.0506 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,220

6.0488 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

553

6.0366 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

797

6.0488 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,653

6.0344 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,229

6.0265 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

5,095

6.0200 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

8,876

6.0415 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

11,691

6.0278 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

31,984

6.0500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

31,984

6.0500 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:

9 Nov 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213