Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

24 September 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				ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 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:				23 Sep 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:				5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			879,782	1.09%	1,389,691	1.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,375,162	1.70%	879,531	1.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,254,944	2.78%	2,269,222	2.80%
(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
5p ordinary		Purchase		49,149		3.9014  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		43,951		3.8887  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		38,469		3.4859  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		30,794		5.3322  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,503		3.8518  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		21,819		5.1927  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		15,076		5.3005  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,616		5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,457		3.6647  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,307		3.5310  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,164		3.3550  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,068		5.2775  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,750		3.4717  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,131		5.2852  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,680		3.4650  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,658		3.4804  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,332		3.6784  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,609		3.4900  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		834		3.4776  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		741		3.3712  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		663		3.4648  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		641		3.3638  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		566		3.3688  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		558		3.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		347		3.4465  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		266		3.4600  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		200		3.3547  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		98,460		3.8745  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		93,654		3.8474  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		35,540		3.8059  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		30,720		4.8848  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		29,061		5.2833  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		27,401		3.3905  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		22,936		3.3857  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,872		5.2000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,764		5.2884  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,000		5.1650  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,886		5.3147  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,201		5.2423  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,894		5.4146  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,806		5.4497  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,712		3.3565  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,703		3.5177  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,503		5.3687  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,388		3.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,359		5.2300  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,205		3.4391  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,541		4.1122  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,518		4.0712  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,290		3.3479  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,183		4.3446  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,171		3.3917  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		800		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		759		4.3747  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		741		3.3716  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		663		3.4650  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		489		3.3979  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		469		5.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		465		3.5500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		421		5.4500  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,389	3.4807  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		340	3.4197  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		212	3.4571  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		23	3.4100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		12,431	5.4497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,712	3.3565  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		10,961	4.2624  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		266	3.4600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,950	3.3597  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		37,993	5.3230  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,764	5.2884  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		775	5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,135	3.5971  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,552	4.0654  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,290	3.3478  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		12,431	5.3005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,645	5.3005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,712	3.8887  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		41,239	3.8887  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		266	3.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		16,940	3.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,806	5.4497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		401	5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		562	5.1800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		703	3.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,645	3.6333  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		19,266	3.6333  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		41,239	3.8474  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		52,415	3.8474  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,886	5.3147  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,299	5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,147	3.3624  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,016	3.9014  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		47,133	3.9014  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,397	5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		19,356	3.3986  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,898	3.3986  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		47,133	3.8745  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		51,327	3.8745  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,898	3.6784  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		434	3.6784  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		434	3.5177  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,269	3.5177  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:				24 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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