Form 8.3 - Daily Mail & General Trust plc

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

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
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	DAILY MAIL & GENERAL TRUST PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:	01 October 2021
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making	NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:		12.5p A Non-Voting
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	2,555,659	1.23%	158,384	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		152,862	0.07%	738,540	0.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:	2,708,521	1.30%	896,924	0.43%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	261	10.7400 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	532	10.8400 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	557	10.7238 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	628	10.7804 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	762	10.6083 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	1,271	10.7659 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	1,341	10.7049 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	1,515	10.7716 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	1,569	10.7812 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	4,275	10.7590 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	5,862	10.7468 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	8,390	10.7936 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Purchase	8,857	10.7858 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	261	10.6800 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	298	10.7900 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	407	10.7400 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	666	10.7746 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	762	10.6085 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	785	10.8001 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	985	10.8000 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	1,128	10.8037 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	1,907	10.7790 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	3,915	10.7988 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	7,278	10.8191 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	Sale	14,723	10.7862 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Long	1,874	10.8457 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Long	5,404	10.8099 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Short	315	10.7285 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	CFD	Short	688	10.6414 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Short	1,206	10.7168 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Short	1,747	10.6541 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Short	2,622	10.7734 GBP
12.5p A Non-Voting	SWAP	Short	4,115	10.7862 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO
Date of disclosure:	4 Oct 2021
Contact name:	Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:	020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.