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:

13 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:

521,980

0.24%

1,000,550

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

970,715

0.44%

430,498

0.20%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,492,695

0.68%

1,431,048

0.66%

(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

207,490

7.9639 GBP

7.7046 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

399,952

7.9571 GBP

7.7047 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

1

8.1500 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

49

7.7051 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

370

7.8202 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

1,011

7.7640 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

2,264

7.8584 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,595

7.8045 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

10,167

7.8832 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

20,658

7.7050 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

34,771

7.7056 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

36,534

7.7050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

16

7.8698 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

23

7.8652 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

39

7.8513 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

54

7.8853 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

7.9572 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

71

7.8858 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

75

7.9350 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

79

7.8900 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

86

7.8836 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

7.8636 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

198

7.8838 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

216

7.8929 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

264

7.8544 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

264

7.8940 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

7.8170 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

7.8546 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

397

7.8417 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

422

7.8642 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

534

7.9349 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

609

7.8398 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

714

7.8883 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

810

7.7977 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,001

7.8169 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,072

7.8789 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,340

7.8787 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,942

7.7047 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,539

7.8430 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,271

7.8455 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,461

7.8447 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,382

7.8568 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

20

7.9700 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,118

7.9639 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,563

7.8900 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,634

7.7512 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,449

7.8438 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

5,941

7.8053 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

7,609

7.7898 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

8,243

7.7968 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,107

7.8057 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,132

7.8168 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

12,686

7.8070 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,355

7.7063 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

15,676

7.8543 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

20,939

7.8300 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

24,546

7.8638 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

24,944

7.7049 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

28,305

7.8091 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

49,766

7.8621 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

64,409

7.7050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

79

7.9371 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

90

7.8637 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

451

7.8593 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

4,003

7.7050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

50,298

7.8566 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

139

7.8636 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

64,409

7.7050 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

154

7.8527 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:

14 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213