Barclays PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2023

Oct 27, 2023

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RNS Number : 5865R

Barclays PLC

27 October 2023

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				RESTAURANT GROUP PLC/THE
	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:				26 Oct 2023
(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:				28.125p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			13,991,263	1.82%	38,928,745	5.05%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			523,786	0.07%	13,780,976	1.79%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,515,049	1.88%	52,709,721	6.84%
(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		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		264,564		0.6810  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		262,176		0.6819  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		145,666		0.6793  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		140,270		0.6859  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		93,550		0.6857  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		70,294		0.6789  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		61,558		0.6834  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		46,236		0.6809  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		39,031		0.6816  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		34,898		0.6780  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		33,052		0.6781  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		24,678		0.6805  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		19,290		0.6844  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		0.6840  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		8,338		0.6850  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		0.6812  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		4,991		0.6846  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		4,609		0.6790  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		4,569		0.6785  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		1,007		0.6880  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		201,994		0.6790  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		92,839		0.6817  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		87,608		0.6836  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		60,353		0.6806  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		41,826		0.6780  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		13,771		0.6884  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		4,744		0.6794  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		3,756		0.6820  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		3,402		0.6812  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		2,400		0.6796  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		1,496		0.6799  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		486		0.6860  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		460		0.6800  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		55		0.6809  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		55	0.6809  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		800	0.6845  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,316	0.6804  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,496	0.6799  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,608	0.6822  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,400	0.6796  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,402	0.6812  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,001	0.6779  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,803	0.6805  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		24,998	0.6799  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		58,398	0.6831  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		77,761	0.6840  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,606	0.6880  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,083	0.6850  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,903	0.6809  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,402	0.6820  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,464	0.6818  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,731	0.6805  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		39,543	0.6809  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		70,294	0.6789  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		71,632	0.6832  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		75,000	0.6843  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		134,536	0.6815  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		140,000	0.6856  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		140,270	0.6859  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		260,661	0.6810  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 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:				27 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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