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Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

3rd Feb 2026 14:57

RNS Number : 5618R

Barclays PLC

03 February 2026

FORM 8.3
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):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				02 Feb 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				0.01p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,109,306	1.74%	2,930,976	2.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,687,906	2.22%	1,085,737	0.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,797,212	3.96%	4,016,713	3.32%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		184,811		2.9100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		71,735		2.9055 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		56,075		2.9099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		44,376		2.8759 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		35,478		2.8613 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		27,689		2.8630 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		25,959		2.8624 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		24,877		2.8781 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		22,992		2.9097 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		21,227		2.8915 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,151		2.8400 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		2.7650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		731		2.8770 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		641		2.8300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		468		2.8530 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		328		2.8550 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		182		2.8650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		171		2.8850 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		154		2.9202 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		120		2.8350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		59		2.9250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		57		2.8750 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		9		2.9050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		7		2.9300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2		2.9350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		360,368		2.8860 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		112,784		2.9100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		91,808		2.8512 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		81,317		2.8856 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		74,812		2.8317 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		73,575		2.9050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		46,770		2.8880 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		41,528		2.9099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		37,184		2.8665 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		35,195		2.8590 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		22,500		2.8894 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		17,363		2.8437 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		12,000		2.8842 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,910		2.8142 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,192		2.8904 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,040		2.8760 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,000		2.8900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,490		2.8878 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,894		2.8837 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,480		2.8735 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,248		2.8646 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,701		2.8832 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,164		2.9133 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,789		2.9238 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,700		2.8369 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		906		2.8690 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		626		2.8800 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		182		2.8650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		171		2.8850 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		59		2.9250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		40		2.7650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7		2.9300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2		2.9350 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74,812	2.8317 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,700	2.8369 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		90,935	2.8450 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,782	2.8474 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		87,026	2.8514 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		226	2.8556 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,605	2.8634 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,248	2.8646 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,184	2.8665 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,091	2.8683 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		330	2.8755 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,000	2.8842 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,294	2.8856 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,500	2.8894 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		106,284	2.8925 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,790	2.9058 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		156	2.9094 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,528	2.9099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		114,001	2.9100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,941	2.9131 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,981	2.9134 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,789	2.9238 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		641	2.8300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		120	2.8350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		328	2.8550 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,478	2.8613 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,689	2.8630 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38	2.8880 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		101	2.8886 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,397	2.8900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44	2.8953 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19	2.8965 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,916	2.9021 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79,191	2.9100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,677	2.9101 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,910	2.8142 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,363	2.8437 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,330	2.8554 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		35,195	2.8590 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,040	2.8760 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		81,317	2.8856 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,463	2.8950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		73,216	2.9050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		914	2.8483 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		25,959	2.8624 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		44,376	2.8759 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		731	2.8770 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		24,877	2.8781 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9,463	2.8950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		38,267	2.9099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		57,884	2.9100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		154	2.9202 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)	Exercise
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 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) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				03 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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