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:

17 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:

875,171

0.40%

1,003,970

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

811,817

0.37%

721,927

0.33%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,686,988

0.77%

1,725,897

0.79%

(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

551,597

5.6750 GBP

5.3612 GBP

50p ordinary

Sale

383,719

5.6800 GBP

5.37 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

11

5.3500 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

18

5.6798 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

239

5.6650 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

269

5.6700 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

518

5.6536 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

686

5.6477 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

707

5.5916 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,063

5.6505 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,344

5.4245 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,711

5.6372 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,157

5.6394 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,379

5.6241 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,828

5.6515 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,638

5.6497 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,716

5.5255 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,755

5.6550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,930

5.5647 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

62,460

5.5522 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

72,518

5.4716 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

120

5.4054 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

164

5.6194 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

270

5.3814 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

293

5.4858 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

332

5.4919 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

339

5.4436 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

378

5.3746 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

608

5.4740 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

663

5.3990 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,966

5.6548 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,198

5.4958 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,755

5.6550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

383

5.3871 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

461

5.5778 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

496

5.3908 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

950

5.3626 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

1,397

5.6550 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

2,539

5.6005 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

15,300

5.5863 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

21,066

5.4264 GBP

50p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Long

22,836

5.5904 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

142

5.4290 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

151

5.3798 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

643

5.5676 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

906

5.5193 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,492

5.5197 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,582

5.4364 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

3,979

5.5714 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

4,000

5.6494 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

7,434

5.6358 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

11,100

5.4026 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

11,403

5.6289 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

18,848

5.5967 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

20,258

5.6550 GBP

50p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

20,258

5.6550 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:

18 Oct 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213