Form 8.3 -SERICA ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

11 March 2025

 

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				SERICA ENERGY 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:				10 Mar 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				ENQUEST PLC
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:				USD 0.10 ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,443,610	0.62%	3,261,293	0.83%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,582,336	0.66%	1,993,616	0.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,025,946	1.29%	5,254,909	1.34%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		407,739		1.2800  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		48,350		1.2830  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		43,338		1.2729  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		39,157		1.2808  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		18,454		1.2771  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		17,248		1.2796  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		13,492		1.2766  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		12,289		1.2785  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		11,334		1.2710  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		11,059		1.2719  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,716		1.2743  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		5,528		1.2742  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		4,000		1.2815  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,795		1.2767  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,527		1.2840  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,421		1.2893  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,104		1.2711  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,096		1.3159  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		771		1.2829  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		753		1.2720  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		733		1.2804  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		562		1.2760  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		100,957		1.2835  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		48,138		1.3014  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		33,830		1.2830  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		32,525		1.2816  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		16,000		1.2772  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,000		1.2800  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		4,655		1.2741  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		4,200		1.2900  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,949		1.2811  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,746		1.2939  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,449		1.3159  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,057		1.2752  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,872		1.2840  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,627		1.2774  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,290		1.2797  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,114		1.2791  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		622		1.2700  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		470		1.2870  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		25		1.2689  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25	1.2689  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,057	1.2752  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,986	1.2830  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,200	1.2900  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		153	1.3119  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		264	1.3149  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,449	1.3159  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,104	1.2711  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,400	1.2721  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,938	1.2737  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,716	1.2743  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,248	1.2796  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,591	1.2799  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,938	1.2815  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,080	1.2830  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		105	1.2835  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,599	1.2854  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		592	1.2730  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,786	1.2740  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		13,935	1.2823  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,167	1.2828  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		33,811	1.2829  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,825	1.2832  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		386,462	1.2800  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,341	1.2829  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)	Exercising
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:				11 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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