Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Crest Nicholson Hold Plc

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14 August 2024

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
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				CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				13 Aug 2024
(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?				BELLWAY PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:			2,343,363	0.91%	2,959,768	1.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,818,904	1.10%	1,916,480	0.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,162,267	2.01%	4,876,248	1.90%
(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		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,119,801		2.6044 GBP	2.0840 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		933,956		2.6379 GBP	2.0840 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		Opening Long		5,087	2.2174 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,737	2.1814 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,164	2.0880 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		373	2.1910 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,430	2.2344 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,254	2.3131 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		31	2.3603 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,851	2.2782 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		316	2.1284 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,989	2.1606 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,288	2.0880 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	2.0957 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		350,952	2.2289 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,958	2.3154 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,399	2.1134 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		90,032	2.1328 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		55,911	2.1788 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,705	2.1809 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		181	2.6260 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,670	2.0880 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,746	2.1996 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		300,000	2.2168 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,834	2.2375 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,771	2.1108 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,498	2.1437 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,871	2.2178 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,784	2.3294 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,423	2.3719 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,408	2.4282 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28	2.6379 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,747	2.0880 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,082	2.1394 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,314	2.2000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,418	2.2057 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,911	2.3716 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,648	2.3746 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,000	2.4105 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		125	2.6402 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		203	2.5475 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,871	2.1994 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		324	2.3173 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,294	2.1057 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		105,305	2.1332 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,052	2.1754 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,252	2.2052 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32,113	2.0880 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,067	2.2023 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,082	2.2113 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		700,000	2.2168 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,387	2.4735 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 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 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:				14 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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