Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			882,323	1.09%	1,565,870	1.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,565,870	1.93%	860,019	1.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,448,193	3.02%	2,425,889	3.00%
(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		123,747		5.1900  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		50,749		5.1926  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		34,673		5.1859  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		30,737		5.2541  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		29,849		5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		29,272		5.1846  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		23,674		5.1948  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		23,031		5.2063  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,436		5.1903  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,198		5.2333  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,113		5.2673  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,254		5.2412  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,213		5.2164  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,116		5.2386  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,878		5.1879  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,558		5.1782  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,234		5.2471  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,971		5.2478  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,500		5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		5.1700  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,363		5.2275  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,332		5.1300  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,556		5.0824  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,931		5.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,911		5.2695  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,623		5.2696  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,260		5.2277  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,071		5.2200  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		970		5.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		769		5.2037  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		686		5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		547		5.2100  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		467		5.2509  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		303		5.1923  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		280		5.1893  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		196		5.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		109,473		5.1883  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		89,193		5.2500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		59,953		5.2228  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		51,945		5.1793  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		46,306		5.1996  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		39,810		5.2024  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		33,548		5.1979  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31,491		5.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		27,215		5.2422  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		18,096		5.2080  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,107		5.2353  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,863		5.2225  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,655		5.2764  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,081		5.2054  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,711		5.2402  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,318		5.2021  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,418		5.2342  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,303		5.2097  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,912		5.1852  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,014		5.2167  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,591		5.2325  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,929		5.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,702		5.1469  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,686		5.2172  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,457		5.2671  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,456		5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,370		5.1614  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,830		5.2336  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,748		5.2394  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,528		5.2577  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,268		5.2208  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,094		5.2027  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,089		5.1516  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		769		5.2039  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		626		5.2151  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		614		5.2171  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		601		5.1678  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		467		5.2516  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		397		5.2100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		285		5.2000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		149		5.1950  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		38		5.2526  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		Decreasing Short		3,686	5.2172  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,737	5.2073  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,467	5.2072  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,232	5.2137  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,070	5.2204  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50	5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		570	5.2132  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,481	5.2942  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		152	5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,927	5.2305  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		34,744	5.2108  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,546	5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,215	5.1595  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,007	5.1628  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		397	5.2098  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,070	5.2278  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,234	5.2471  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		480	5.1663  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,043	5.2084  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		91	5.2000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		17,052	5.1567  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		33,209	5.1567  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,126	5.1833  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		31,407	5.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,000	5.1305  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,996	5.2195  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,150	5.2507  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,154	5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,974	5.1855  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		700	5.2200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		8,964	5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,820	5.1962  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		686	5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		12,235	5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95,214	5.1897  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,336	5.2015  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50	5.2232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		126	5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,427	5.2507  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,215	5.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,291	5.2353  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,161	5.2610  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,418	5.2342  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,863	5.2224  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,149	5.2568  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,816	5.2352  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59,953	5.2228  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,623	5.2696  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,436	5.1903  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,911	5.2695  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,215	5.2422  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,674	5.1948  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:				25 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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