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:

14 October 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:

842,582

0.39%

1,139,259

0.52%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

970,326

0.44%

715,702

0.33%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,812,908

0.83%

1,854,961

0.85%

(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

431,291

5.5259 GBP

5.295 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

347,135

5.4631 GBP

5.295 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

3

5.3056 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

138

5.4300 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

245

5.3600 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

263

5.4500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

267

5.4600 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

268

5.3450 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

390

5.4253 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

498

5.4180 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

548

5.3926 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

548

5.4532 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

617

5.3390 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

617

5.3584 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

617

5.3679 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,176

5.4015 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,234

5.3504 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,781

5.3946 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,170

5.4048 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,394

5.3114 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,582

5.4544 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,698

5.4131 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,809

5.4341 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,302

5.3664 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,705

5.3651 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,896

5.3824 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,934

5.3221 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,738

5.3658 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,624

5.4031 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,086

5.3809 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

54,878

5.3972 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,498

5.4602 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

102

5.3631 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

631

5.3800 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

702

5.4316 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,098

5.4050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,237

5.4631 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,247

5.4170 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,085

5.4307 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,178

5.3862 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,568

5.3048 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,034

5.4000 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

305

5.3799 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

405

5.4104 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

699

5.5259 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,000

5.3312 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,320

5.3050 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,820

5.3714 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

13,692

5.4606 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

15,300

5.3723 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

69,021

5.4103 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

75

5.4249 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

85

5.4449 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

180

5.4423 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

480

5.4119 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

549

5.4145 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

932

5.4450 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,035

5.4048 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,041

5.3647 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,709

5.3050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

5,823

5.3049 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

6,720

5.4216 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

8,900

5.3640 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

29,521

5.4285 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

36,338

5.4622 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

14,731

5.3050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

3,178

5.3862 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

6,034

5.4000 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:

17 Oct 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213