TIDMBARC TIDMHOTC

RNS Number : 8366Y

Barclays PLC

05 January 2024

 
 FORM 8.3 - Amendments to 2a Short Positions 
 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): 
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 (c)              Name of offeror/offeree in relation                        HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC 
                   to whose 
 
                   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:                     19 Dec 2023 
                 ---------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (f)              In addition to the company in 1(c)                         NO 
                   above, is the discloser making 
 
                   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:                                                 0.1p ordinary 
                                                                                 Interests          Short Positions 
                                                                                                ---------------------- 
                                                                              Number      (%)     Number        (%) 
                                                                                        ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                            2,538,447   1.43%       0         0.00% 
                                                                            ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                   0       0.00%   2,538,447     1.43% 
                                                                            ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including 
  options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                      0       0.00%       0         0.00% 
                                                                            ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
   TOTAL:                                                                    2,538,447   1.43%   2,538,447     1.43% 
                                                                            ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (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)              Purchase and sales 
    Class of         Purchase/sale           Number of                             Price per unit 
    relevant 
                                             securities 
    security 
 0.1p ordinary         Purchase               50,000                                 3.7037 GBP 
                 --------------------  --------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions 
    Class of      Product description    Nature of dealing       Number                      Price per 
                                                                   of 
    relevant                                                                                    unit 
                                                                reference 
    security 
                                                               securities 
 0.1p ordinary           SWAP            Increasing Short        50,000                     3.7037 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 of      Product description       Exercising/          Number                 Exercise price per 
    relevant                                 exercised             of 
                                              against                                           unit 
    security                                                   securities 
 
 
 (d)              Other dealings (including subscribing for 
 
                   new securities) 
    Class of           Nature of              Details                            Price per unit (if 
    relevant            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 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)                                                      NO 
  attached? 
 Date of disclosure:                                                                        05 Jan 2024 
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 Contact name:                                                                       Large Holdings Regulatory 
                                                                                             Operations 
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 Telephone number:                                                                         020 3134 7213 
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