Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			1,174,254	1.45%	1,603,348	1.98%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,603,348	1.98%	1,174,170	1.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,777,602	3.43%	2,777,518	3.43%
(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		32,624		5.3174  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		20,579		5.3185  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		19,096		5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,182		5.2994  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,486		5.3092  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,308		5.3115  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		12,216		5.2990  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,606		5.3080  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,297		5.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,738		5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,377		5.3224  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,371		5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		776		5.2796  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		529		5.3250  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		423		5.2920  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		353		5.3018  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		221		5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		100,000		5.3243  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31,841		5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		27,676		5.3017  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		20,900		5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,986		5.2928  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,238		5.3193  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,986		5.3075  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,619		5.3352  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,655		5.3164  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,936		5.3104  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,533		5.3267  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,471		5.3259  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,331		5.2916  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,827		5.3022  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,107		5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,692		5.2945  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,470		5.3063  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,317		5.3172  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,266		5.3089  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,048		5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		891		5.3333  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		749		5.3277  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		710		5.2820  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		637		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		464		5.2860  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		312		5.2701  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		220		5.2917  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		131		5.2918  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		47		5.3227  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		40		5.3112  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		770	5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,776	5.3076  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,505	5.3076  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		129	5.2993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		781	5.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,824	5.3108  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,210	5.2802  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,273	5.2966  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,286	5.3095  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		22,689	5.3062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		1,031	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		9,929	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,008	5.2995  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100,000	5.3243  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,308	5.3115  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		892	5.2940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,896	5.2966  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,095	5.3145  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		91	5.3036  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,827	5.2934  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		282	5.3018  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		9,929	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,953	5.3193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		633	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,759	5.3261  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43	5.3044  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,005	5.2770  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		434	5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,377	5.3224  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,371	5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		247	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		750	5.3235  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		738	5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,262	5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,606	5.3080  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,471	5.3259  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,533	5.3267  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,486	5.3092  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,216	5.2990  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:				30 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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