TIDMBARC TIDMALFA

RNS Number : 8483O

Barclays PLC

05 October 2023

 
                                                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                      ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE 
                   to whose                                                 HOLDINGS PLC 
 
                   relevant securities this form relates: 
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 (c)              Name of the party to the offer with                      ALFA FINANCIAL SOFTWARE 
                   which exempt                                             HOLDINGS PLC 
 
                   principal trader is connected 
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 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                 04 Oct 2023 
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 (e)              In addition to the company in 1(b)                       NO 
                   above, is the exempt principal 
 
                   trader making disclosures in respect 
                   of any other party to the offer? 
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 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:                          1,425,608   0.48%    95,343       0.03% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                              98,605     0.03%   1,404,757     0.48% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) 
  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                             0       0.00%       0         0.00% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
   TOTAL:                                                                  1,524,213   0.52%   1,500,100     0.51% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 (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        Purchase/sale       Total number        Highest price              Lowest price per unit 
   of relevant                              of               per unit 
                                                                                         paid/received 
    security                            securities        paid/received 
 0.1p ordinary         Sale               1582             1.6100 GBP                     1.6100 GBP 
                 ---------------  --------------------  ----------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 0.1p ordinary       Purchase             6273             1.6400 GBP                     1.6099 GBP 
                 ---------------  --------------------  ----------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 
 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions 
     Class           Product        Nature of dealing       Number of                      Price per 
       of           description 
                                                            reference                         unit 
    relevant 
                                                            securities 
    security 
 0.1p ordinary         CFD          Decreasing Short            1                         1.6100 GBP 
                 ---------------  --------------------  ----------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 0.1p ordinary         CFD          Increasing Short          4,692                       1.6287 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                            paid/ 
                                                                              unit 
    security                           varying etc           to which                                       received 
 
                                                              option                                          per 
                                                                                                              unit 
                                                             relates 
 
 
 (ii)             Exercising 
     Class           Product           Exercising/          Number of                 Exercise price per 
   of relevant      description     exercised against 
                                                            securities                        unit 
    security 
 
 
 (d)              Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
     Class            Nature             Details                             Price per unit (if 
   of relevant      of Dealings 
                                                                                 applicable) 
    security 
 
 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)                                                    NO 
  attached? 
 Date of disclosure:                                                                      05 Oct 2023 
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 Contact name:                                                                     Large Holdings Regulatory 
                                                                                           Operations 
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 Telephone number:                                                                       020 3134 7213 
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