Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

02 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:				01 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:			1,123,793	1.39%	1,515,666	1.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,515,666	1.87%	1,113,422	1.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,639,459	3.26%	2,629,088	3.25%
(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		34,323		5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		26,681		5.3020  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		26,373		5.2867  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,776		5.2895  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		23,842		5.2934  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		21,550		5.2674  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		19,803		5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,609		5.3010  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,439		5.2931  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,594		5.2878  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,034		5.2771  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,238		5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,754		5.3170  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,514		5.3093  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,045		5.3026  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,502		5.2961  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		878		5.3040  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		619		5.3047  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		294		5.2972  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		166		5.3229  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		66		5.2993  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26,478		5.2847  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		18,829		5.2900  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,564		5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,580		5.2701  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,183		5.2982  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,996		5.2653  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,347		5.3063  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,118		5.3046  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,216		5.2599  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,075		5.3024  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,900		5.2934  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,745		5.3087  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,502		5.2937  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,400		5.3003  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,065		5.2938  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,751		5.3028  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,365		5.2939  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,128		5.3055  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		906		5.2996  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		785		5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		522		5.3136  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		449		5.2919  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		385		5.3350  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		361		5.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		314		5.2932  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		172		5.3014  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6		5.2699  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		4,216	5.2599  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,292	5.3002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,082	5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43	5.2904  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	5.2700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,205	5.2602  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,636	5.2925  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,692	5.2976  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		484	5.2795  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		587	5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,868	5.3060  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,116	5.3005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,843	5.2930  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,147	5.2748  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,597	5.2886  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,565	5.3074  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,045	5.3026  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,495	5.2795  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		467	5.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		294	5.2972  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,034	5.2770  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,514	5.3092  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		906	5.2996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		802	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		461	5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,436	5.3100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,810	5.2979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,373	5.2867  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,205	5.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,776	5.2895  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,373	5.2987  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:				02 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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