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RNS Number : 8442Y

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: 
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 (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 
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 (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? 
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 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   1.84%       0         0.00% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                 0       0.00%   2,538,447     1.84% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including 
  options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                    0       0.00%       0         0.00% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
   TOTAL:                                                                  2,538,447   1.84%   2,538,447     1.84% 
                                                                          ----------  ------  ----------  ---------- 
 (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 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         Nature of dealing         Number                      Price per 
                    description                                  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       Exercising/ exercised       Number                 Exercise price per 
    relevant        description            against               of 
                                                                                              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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