Barclays: Form8.5EPT/NonRIPOLLENSTREETGROUPLIMIT Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment – this form replaces RNS number 6356B published at 12:16 on 03/11/2026, changes made to section 3b.

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

POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

02 Nov 2026

(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:

1p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

144,779

0.25%

13,831

0.02%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

0

0.00%

139,819

0.24%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

144,779

0.25%

153,650

0.26%

(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

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,204

9.2600  GBP

9.1858  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,900

9.2706  GBP

9.2000  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

386

9.2568  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,321

9.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,331

9.2428  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

9.2499  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14

9.1000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

694

9.2567  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,069

9.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

304

9.2262  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59

9.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

9.2347  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

9.2032  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

3,081

9.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,069

9.2100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,698

9.2100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

307

9.2162  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

670

9.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,312

9.2422  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,701

9.2508  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

443

9.2705  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,002

9.2523  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

524

9.2433  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

391

9.2450  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,388

9.2659  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:

03 Nov 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213