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:

16 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:

482,609

0.22%

1,220,541

0.56%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,193,264

0.55%

405,594

0.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,675,873

0.77%

1,626,135

0.75%

(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

150,403

7.5595 GBP

7.4512 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

246,137

7.5400 GBP

7.4228 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

3

7.4566 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,000

7.5061 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,264

7.4776 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,912

7.5136 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

8,203

7.4550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

9,118

7.4550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

17,305

7.4555 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

7.4842 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

49

7.4853 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

105

7.4856 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

109

7.5119 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

174

7.4462 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

232

7.4592 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

382

7.5400 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

783

7.4754 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,511

7.4568 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,516

7.4764 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

209

7.5300 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

364

7.4228 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

565

7.5196 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

634

7.5206 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

782

7.5235 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,337

7.4444 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,696

7.4586 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,301

7.5323 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,504

7.4443 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

2,657

7.4668 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,490

7.5007 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,838

7.4549 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,914

7.5115 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,559

7.4787 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,573

7.4888 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,623

7.5111 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

10,069

7.4550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

12,747

7.4794 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

18,341

7.5055 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

22,865

7.4818 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

33,587

7.5163 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

39,117

7.4890 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

41,505

7.5123 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

151

7.5457 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

300

7.4609 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

415

7.5380 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,925

7.5400 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

10,069

7.4550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

37

7.5299 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:

19 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213