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:

21 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:

487,657

0.22%

1,230,892

0.56%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,184,117

0.54%

395,218

0.18%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,671,774

0.77%

1,626,110

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

158,798

7.2225 GBP

6.7993 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

159,407

7.2225 GBP

6.935 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

90

7.1628 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

106

7.0864 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

172

7.0861 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

609

7.0649 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

648

7.1203 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,672

7.1190 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

2,003

7.1140 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,059

7.1193 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

4,860

7.1194 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,769

7.1200 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

9,328

7.1200 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,716

7.0811 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

11,221

7.0589 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

18,789

7.1127 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Long

20,549

7.1200 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

7.0992 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

7.0359 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

7.0242 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

7.0352 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

7.0382 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

8

6.9348 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

7.1394 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

6.9597 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

16

7.0358 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

22

7.0708 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

31

7.0073 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

33

7.1217 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

7.1397 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

56

7.0821 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

63

7.1398 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

7.0386 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

76

7.0713 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

89

7.0504 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

122

7.0095 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

128

7.0715 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

133

7.0143 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

165

7.1182 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

202

7.0817 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

325

7.0881 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

340

7.1214 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Decreasing Short

612

7.1491 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,793

7.1198 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

226

7.0150 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

421

7.2225 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

898

6.8000 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

1,818

7.1191 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

3,310

7.0931 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

7,381

7.1070 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

7,769

7.1200 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

9,785

7.0701 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

10,185

7.0914 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

12,214

7.0923 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

12,990

7.0829 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

16,157

7.0835 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

32,338

7.0815 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

195

7.0947 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

359

7.0922 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:

22 Sep 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213