| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
| 1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Full name of discloser: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | CURRYS PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 15 Mar 2024 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 0.1p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 10,955,623 | 0.97% | 1,515,716 | 0.13% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,245,214 | 0.11% | 10,558,171 | 0.93% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 12,200,837 | 1.08% | 12,073,887 | 1.07% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 509,895 | 0.5606 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 132,781 | 0.5711 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 104,734 | 0.5660 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 92,282 | 0.5518 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 89,006 | 0.5659 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 73,028 | 0.5590 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 45,626 | 0.5588 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,931 | 0.5556 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,181 | 0.5524 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,071 | 0.5646 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,377 | 0.5807 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,357 | 0.5745 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,343 | 0.5820 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 678 | 0.5878 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Purchase | 6 | 0.5656 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 389,876 | 0.5585 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 330,778 | 0.5642 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 247,250 | 0.5626 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 104,182 | 0.5660 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 63,561 | 0.5617 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 57,251 | 0.5582 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 43,284 | 0.5635 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 33,758 | 0.5509 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 26,327 | 0.5530 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 13,949 | 0.5614 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 6,058 | 0.5590 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 5,895 | 0.5775 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 5,476 | 0.5603 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 1,562 | 0.5607 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 383 | 0.5724 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 50 | 0.5810 GBP | ||||
| 0.1p ordinary | Sale | 59 | 0.5656 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,791 | 0.5865 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 72 | 0.5659 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 383 | 0.5725 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,255 | 0.5529 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,301 | 0.5747 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,882 | 0.5530 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,100 | 0.5588 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,595 | 0.5566 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,270 | 0.5400 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,284 | 0.5635 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 53,150 | 0.5660 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 76,469 | 0.5660 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 88,588 | 0.5596 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 162,189 | 0.5682 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 678 | 0.5878 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,357 | 0.5745 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,931 | 0.5660 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,480 | 0.5515 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,523 | 0.5594 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 32,662 | 0.5612 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,626 | 0.5589 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 73,028 | 0.5590 GBP | |||
| 0.1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82,325 | 0.5775 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 18 Mar 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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