23rd Jan 2026 13:41
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 |
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| 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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 22 Jan 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 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 |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 0.01p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,528,840 | 2.06% | 2,504,691 | 2.04% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,288,700 | 1.86% | 1,592,979 | 1.30% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,817,540 | 3.92% | 4,097,670 | 3.34% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 59,730 | 3.2650 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 23,678 | 3.3054 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 21,380 | 3.3198 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 20,999 | 3.3395 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 19,358 | 3.4127 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 10,087 | 3.4200 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 9,615 | 3.4633 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 9,046 | 3.3380 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 7,800 | 3.2859 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 4,300 | 3.4454 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 4,081 | 3.4406 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 3,327 | 3.2867 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 2,665 | 3.3094 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 2,389 | 3.3139 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 2,288 | 3.3200 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 1,663 | 3.2861 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 1,117 | 3.3558 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 993 | 3.3100 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 731 | 3.2950 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 721 | 3.3000 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 666 | 3.3143 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 638 | 3.3050 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 469 | 3.2946 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 373 | 3.2925 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 323 | 3.2975 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 259 | 3.4700 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 219 | 3.2900 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 195 | 3.3400 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 186 | 3.4400 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 176 | 3.3800 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 122 | 3.2850 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 106 | 3.4450 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 95 | 3.3025 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 93 | 3.3950 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 88 | 3.3450 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 84 | 3.3150 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 82 | 3.4250 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 34 | 3.4650 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 3.4750 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 3.3850 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 120,223 | 3.2650 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 49,155 | 3.3391 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 47,286 | 3.3041 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 34,819 | 3.3429 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 24,217 | 3.3798 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 22,500 | 3.4318 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 21,303 | 3.3762 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 20,073 | 3.2667 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 16,413 | 3.3664 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 10,689 | 3.4039 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 9,050 | 3.4200 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 8,572 | 3.2904 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 5,859 | 3.2656 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 3,952 | 3.3765 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 3,098 | 3.3967 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 2,007 | 3.3712 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 1,834 | 3.3025 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 1,370 | 3.2950 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 1,241 | 3.3177 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 1,137 | 3.3785 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 1,045 | 3.3000 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 954 | 3.3342 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 753 | 3.3100 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 686 | 3.3075 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 638 | 3.3050 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 456 | 3.2900 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 410 | 3.4649 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 376 | 3.3200 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 373 | 3.2925 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 323 | 3.2975 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 282 | 3.4700 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 195 | 3.3400 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 186 | 3.4400 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 176 | 3.3800 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 122 | 3.2850 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 106 | 3.4450 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 93 | 3.3950 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 88 | 3.3450 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 84 | 3.3150 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 82 | 3.4250 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 34 | 3.4650 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 26 | 3.3850 GBP | ||||
0.01p ordinary | Sale | 26 | 3.4750 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,576 | 3.3452 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,135 | 3.3450 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 81,098 | 3.2650 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 905 | 3.3056 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,560 | 3.3116 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 49,155 | 3.3391 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 645 | 3.3442 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,051 | 3.3479 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,222 | 3.3625 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 195 | 3.3631 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 80 | 3.3674 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,664 | 3.3681 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 240 | 3.3729 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 21,303 | 3.3762 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,137 | 3.3785 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 98 | 3.3787 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 23,664 | 3.3789 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,098 | 3.3967 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 553 | 3.4199 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,500 | 3.4318 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 400 | 3.4447 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,000 | 3.4596 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 209 | 3.4600 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,309 | 3.2650 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,548 | 3.2651 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,075 | 3.2701 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,705 | 3.2703 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,787 | 3.3022 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,213 | 3.3025 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,046 | 3.3380 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,999 | 3.3395 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,357 | 3.3477 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 23,000 | 3.3777 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,502 | 3.4125 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 856 | 3.4176 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,949 | 3.2650 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 20,073 | 3.2667 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 273 | 3.2950 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 26,575 | 3.3000 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3 | 3.3333 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,982 | 3.3542 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 8,963 | 3.4200 GBP | |||
0.01p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 105 | 3.2900 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 23 Jan 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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