Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 October 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:				07 Oct 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:			1,128,449	1.39%	1,497,632	1.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,497,632	1.85%	1,127,612	1.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,626,081	3.24%	2,625,244	3.24%
(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		157,945		5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		58,142		5.5053  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		38,022		5.4697  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		24,603		5.5589  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,160		5.5361  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,722		5.4945  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,088		5.5330  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,479		5.5321  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,930		5.5166  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,731		5.5043  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,341		5.4740  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,370		5.4750  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,320		5.4958  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,234		5.5100  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,751		5.4915  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,634		5.4814  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		995		5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.5150  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		445		5.4291  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		428		5.3116  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		312		5.4318  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		306		5.5562  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		246		5.5394  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		222		5.3138  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		135,757		5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		43,233		5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		22,732		5.4885  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		22,011		5.5293  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,501		5.4979  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,863		5.5154  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,076		5.4998  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,012		5.5070  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,264		5.5199  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,674		5.4700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,269		5.5260  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,900		5.5313  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,812		5.4930  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,720		5.5038  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,488		5.4650  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,641		5.3992  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,294		5.5300  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,000		5.5473  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		748		5.5528  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		284		5.5100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		110		5.5564  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		64		5.5500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		34		5.5192  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		Increasing Short		2,634	5.4814  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		795	5.4905  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		684	5.4883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23	5.5104  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,716	5.4625  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,179	5.6002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,147	5.4892  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,868	5.5323  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		492	5.3995  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	5.4994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		793	5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,567	5.4686  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,922	5.5003  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		341	5.4500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,184	5.4720  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,263	5.5200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,000	5.5105  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,220	5.5194  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,930	5.5166  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,584	5.5708  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34	5.5192  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,370	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,804	5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,320	5.4958  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,160	5.5361  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,474	5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,103	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,269	5.5260  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,520	5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,088	5.5330  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		835	5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,264	5.5199  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:				08 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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