28th Jun 2023 11:11
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  | ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE HOLDINGS PLC  | |||||
relevant securities this form relates:  | |||||||
(c)  | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  | Alfa Financial Software Holdings plc  | |||||
principal trader is connected  | |||||||
(d)  | Date position held/dealing undertaken:  | 27 Jun 2023  | |||||
(e)  | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  | NO  | |||||
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?  | |||||||
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:  | 0.1p ordinary  | ||||||
Interests  | Short Positions  | ||||||
Number  | (%)  | Number  | (%)  | ||||
(1)  | Relevant securities owned  | ||||||
and/or controlled:  | 3,864,632  | 1.31%  | 87,985  | 0.03%  | |||
(2)  | Cash-settled derivatives:  | ||||||
and/or controlled:  | 437,223  | 0.15%  | 3,837,500  | 1.30%  | |||
(3)  | Stock-settled derivatives (including options)  | ||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell:  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | |||
TOTAL:  | 4,301,855  | 1.46%  | 3,925,485  | 1.33%  | |||
(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  | ||||
0.1p ordinary  | Sale  | 75,971  | 1.9640 GBP  | 1.9498 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | Purchase  | 176,912  | 1.9600 GBP  | 1.9549 GBP  | |||
(b)  | Cash-settled derivative transactions  | ||||||
Class of  | Product  | Nature of dealing  | Number of  | Price per  | |||
relevant  | description  | reference  | unit  | ||||
security  | securities  | ||||||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Short  | 3,168  | 1.9561 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Short  | 7,975  | 1.9640 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Decreasing Short  | 37,249  | 1.9498 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Short  | 2,951  | 1.9550 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | CFD  | Increasing Short  | 12,091  | 1.9551 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Short  | 34,291  | 1.9501 GBP  | |||
0.1p ordinary  | SWAP  | Increasing Short  | 100,000  | 1.9601 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:  | 28 Jun 2023  | ||||||
Contact name:  | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations  | ||||||
Telephone number:  | 020 3134 7213  | ||||||
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