Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PL

Barclays PLC, Micro Focus International PLC

Nov 25 2022 11:07 GMTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 6551H

Barclays PLC

25 November 2022

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				MICRO FOCUS INTERNATIONAL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				Open Text Corporation
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				24 November 2022
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			10p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		12,926,669	3.81%	815,950	0.24%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			10,344	0.00%	12,179,670	3.59%

(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%


	TOTAL:		12,937,013	3.81%	12,995,620	3.83%

(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		120,252		5.2040 GBP	5.186 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		339,101		5.2060 GBP	5.184 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	5.1980 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		587	5.2030 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		925	5.1877 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,068	5.1860 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,372	5.1899 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,451	5.1994 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,485	5.1881 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,624	5.1990 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,787	5.1912 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,823	5.1947 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,866	5.1948 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,045	5.1864 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,584	5.2008 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,847	5.1983 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,906	5.1884 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,454	5.1882 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,596	5.1931 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,899	5.1943 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,227	5.1907 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,492	5.2000 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,492	5.2000 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,468	5.1886 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,852	5.1957 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,051	5.2028 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,738	5.1953 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,961	5.1943 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,050	5.1953 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,882	5.1975 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,469	5.1971 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,708	5.1992 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		33,327	5.1874 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,324	5.1846 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,324	5.1857 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,324	5.1901 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,324	5.1995 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,754	5.1968 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:				25 Nov 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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