Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ASSURA PLC - Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 1673F published at 17:08 on15/04/2025 changes made to section and 3A

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 relevant securities this form relates:

ASSURA PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

ASSURA PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

08 Apr 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES: PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES 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:

10p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

47,896,887

1.47%

9,024,445

0.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,211,781

0.16%

45,165,665

1.38%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

53,108,668

1.63%

54,190,110

1.66%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

3397401

0.4550 GBP

0.4430 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2319891

0.4548 GBP

0.4401 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,511

0.4517 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,220,299

0.4520 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

150,058

0.4522 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

267,012

0.4524 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,026

0.4525 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96,427

0.4529 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

110,751

0.4531 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

102

11.2419 ZAR

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,093

0.4432 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,861

0.4438 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,178

0.4442 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,888

0.4471 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

79,813

0.4500 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,763

0.4513 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

299,584

0.4519 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

271,755

0.4520 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,776,804

0.4523 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

583,331

0.4526 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

492

0.4536 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

49,400

0.4546 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

21,707

0.4499 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

136,825

0.4505 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,164

0.4552 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

102

11.2433 ZAR

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

30-Apr-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213