Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 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:				30 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:			1,106,046	1.37%	1,582,877	1.95%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,582,877	1.95%	1,105,608	1.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,688,923	3.32%	2,688,485	3.32%
(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		19,553		5.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,215		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,074		5.3363  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,239		5.3381  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,454		5.3700  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,522		5.3333  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,003		5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,864		5.3645  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,524		5.3276  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,741		5.3327  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,591		5.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		894		5.3606  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		581		5.3314  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		248		5.3105  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		179		5.3593  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		93		5.3289  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		87		5.3093  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		49,047		5.3189  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		27,804		5.3305  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,880		5.3215  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,502		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,000		5.3700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,482		5.3294  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,279		5.3229  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,266		5.3099  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,186		5.3352  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,151		5.3520  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,998		5.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,115		5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,021		5.3348  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,874		5.3199  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,683		5.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,412		5.3296  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,266		5.3156  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,202		5.3210  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,140		5.3282  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		940		5.3300  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		722		5.3214  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		573		5.3512  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		374		5.3292  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		346		5.3490  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		328		5.3111  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8		5.3500  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		3,266	5.3099  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,244	5.3347  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,060	5.3341  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		581	5.3314  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,195	5.3102  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,608	5.3331  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		515	5.3419  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		7,391	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,622	5.3248  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,000	5.3189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	5.3094  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,279	5.3229  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		129	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,874	5.3317  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		750	5.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		713	5.3324  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,220	5.3155  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,741	5.3327  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		19,047	5.3189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		894	5.3606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,666	5.3658  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,153	5.3208  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,697	5.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		93	5.3288  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,725	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,198	5.3615  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,454	5.3700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,146	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,482	5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,190	5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,521	5.3500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,074	5.3363  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		925	5.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,239	5.3381  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:				01 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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