Barclays PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2023

Nov 8, 2023

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Barclays PLC

08 November 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:				07 Nov 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:			18,940,044	2.46%	38,817,580	5.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			454,971	0.06%	18,746,441	2.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,395,015	2.52%	57,564,021	7.47%
(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		1,000,000		0.6442  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		827,518		0.6436  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		767,984		0.6439  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		676,674		0.6430  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		606,899		0.6440  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		448,353		0.6431  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		317,929		0.6432  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		108,198		0.6420  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		73,216		0.6427  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		62,820		0.6435  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		54,092		0.6433  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		47,917		0.6426  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		40,315		0.6477  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Purchase		4,694		0.6415  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		735,729		0.6432  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		187,446		0.6443  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		177,581		0.6445  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		110,722		0.6420  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		88,696		0.6430  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		60,006		0.6439  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		57,346		0.6440  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		46,116		0.6431  GBP
28.125p ordinary		Sale		2,252		0.6436  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		CFD		Long		2	0.6450  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		600	0.6428  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,524	0.6420  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,570	0.6432  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,394	0.6430  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	0.6439  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Long		29,999	0.6439  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		264	0.6445  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,998	0.6443  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,284	0.6434  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,302	0.6438  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		27,352	0.6433  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		30,001	0.6490  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33,446	0.6425  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		35,120	0.6437  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45,932	0.6430  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		51,532	0.6441  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		58,976	0.6423  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		72,306	0.6437  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		78,500	0.6430  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		117,483	0.6427  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		130,778	0.6429  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		159,391	0.6436  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		160,547	0.6432  GBP
28.125p ordinary		CFD		Short		178,290	0.6440  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		281,571	0.6435  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		360,121	0.6439  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		361,600	0.6440  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		442,008	0.6431  GBP
28.125p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,000,000	0.6442  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:				08 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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