Barclays : Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC - AMENDMENT

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment to Purchase

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ('RI') STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code')

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:	17 September 2019
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal	YES:
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	HONG KONG EXCHANGES & CLEARING LTD

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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(b), 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:		6 79/86 p ordinary
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	2,350,225	0.67%	1,833,454	0.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		504,088	0.14%	1,561,316	0.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:	2,854,313	0.82%	3,394,770	0.97%

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
6 79/86 p ordinary	Purchase	108,951	74.1800 GBP	73.4654 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	Sale	54,351	74.1800 GBP	73.5 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	39	73.5000 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	75	73.3312 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	110	73.7600 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	206	73.6854 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	3,729	73.8912 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	4,114	73.8082 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	6,235	74.1285 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	6,754	73.8463 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	10,090	73.5757 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	5	73.6920 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	9	73.6922 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	16	73.9636 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	35	73.6928 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	39	73.9692 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	40	73.8400 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	97	73.4655 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	173	74.0299 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	215	73.7851 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	315	74.0770 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	365	73.6069 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	401	74.1126 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	572	73.7252 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,045	73.7484 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	1,374	73.6926 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,472	73.6478 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	1,676	73.5706 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,750	73.8399 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,125	73.6410 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	2,127	73.6382 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,391	73.8091 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	6,551	73.7494 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	14,530	73.5948 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	15,000	73.8369 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	15,497	73.9653 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	22,987	73.7941 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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:	19 Sep 2019
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].

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

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