Barclays PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2022

Jun 23, 2022

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Barclays PLC

23 June 2022

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									FIRSTGROUP 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:									22 June 2022
(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
(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:									5p ordinary
									Interests					Short Positions
									Number			(%)		Number				(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:								8,038,967			1.07%		892,659				0.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
									339,731			0.05%		7,265,377				0.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:								0			0.00%		0				0.00%
	TOTAL:								8,378,698			1.12%		8,158,036				1.09%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of	Price per unit
security				securities
5p ordinary		Purchase		688	1.3174 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,200	1.3700 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,448	1.3167 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,300	1.3525 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,755	1.3505 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,134	1.3678 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,907	1.3636 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		12,660	1.3679 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		28,200	1.3401 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		37,388	1.3689 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		41,373	1.3578 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		88,527	1.3651 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,150,000	1.3592 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1	1.3950 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		168	1.3520 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		263	1.3120 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		375	1.3450 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,293	1.3590 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,809	1.3825 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,135	1.3169 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,511	1.3622 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,928	1.3690 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,300	1.3525 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,370	1.3606 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,631	1.3671 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,845	1.3791 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,887	1.3721 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,055	1.3514 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,633	1.3665 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,367	1.3821 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,266	1.3455 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,361	1.3535 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		16,608	1.3674 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31,945	1.3939 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		36,742	1.3568 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		43,688	1.3562 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		99,101	1.3505 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		110,343	1.3663 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		291,892	1.3882 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		49	1.3370 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		147	1.3785 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,775	1.3292 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,391	1.3949 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,125	1.3572 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		35,250	1.3649 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		44,875	1.3842 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		60,702	1.3604 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		70,686	1.3783 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		178,328	1.3948 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1	1.3070 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,341	1.3756 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,050	1.3591 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,955	1.3675 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,649	1.3550 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45,672	1.3651 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,150,000	1.3592 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 person 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 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 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:				23 Jun 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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