Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)SHAFTESBURY 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 relevant securities this form relates:

SHAFTESBURY PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

Capital & Counties Properties plc

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

14 Feb 2023

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES: CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES 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:

25p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,471,190

0.38%

861,370

0.22%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

611,460

0.16%

1,362,833

0.35%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

165,781

0.04%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,248,431

0.58%

2,224,203

0.58%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

25p ordinary

Purchase

164140

4.2880 GBP

4.2000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

186860

4.2880 GBP

4.2000 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

4.2480 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

4.2500 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12

4.2250 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

149

4.2560 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

152

4.2492 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

352

4.2650 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

647

4.2720 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,641

4.2879 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,574

4.2329 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,219

4.2706 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,272

4.2514 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,853

4.2530 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,070

4.2455 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,320

4.2880 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,939

4.2876 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,773

4.2821 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,832

4.2488 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,191

4.2434 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

347

4.2060 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

519

4.2000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,234

4.2366 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,253

4.2424 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,885

4.2446 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,321

4.2485 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

348

4.2491 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

25p ordinary

Convertible Bond

Short

69075.2

n/a

n/a

30-Mar-26

89.8500 GBP

25p ordinary

Convertible Bond

Long

179595.6

n/a

n/a

30-Mar-26

89.2500 GBP

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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?

Yes

Date of disclosure:

15 Feb 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO

PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1

KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

are being disclosed:

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

SHAFTESBURY PLC

relevant securities this from relates:

2

OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

relates

25p ordinary

Exchangeable Bond

Long

165781

n/a

n/a

30-Mar-26

3

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully

understood: