Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

02 April 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:				01 Apr 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:			1,817,005	0.46%	2,732,834	0.70%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,471,097	0.63%	1,469,784	0.38%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,288,102	1.10%	4,202,618	1.07%
(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		144,939		1.4375  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		122,798		1.4089  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		97,569		1.4478  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		79,400		1.4157  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		62,504		1.3803  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		56,324		1.4520  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		26,000		1.4505  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		18,527		1.3989  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		17,392		1.4499  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		12,138		1.3917  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		10,200		1.4370  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		9,996		1.4326  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,053		1.3743  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,584		1.4426  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,342		1.4468  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,622		1.4362  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,254		1.4457  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,573		1.3956  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		647		1.4433  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		432		1.2720  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		336		1.4400  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		298		1.4519  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		88,443		1.4330  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		72,527		1.3487  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		62,966		1.4234  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		59,962		1.4385  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		53,671		1.4520  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		46,217		1.4193  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		40,172		1.4313  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		30,377		1.4483  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		22,775		1.4442  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		20,790		1.4227  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		19,400		1.2591  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		18,878		1.4519  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		16,298		1.3018  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,775		1.4502  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		9,477		1.4449  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		9,108		1.4321  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		6,867		1.4195  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		6,640		1.3080  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,787		1.4500  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,584		1.4462  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		962		1.4474  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		611		1.3140  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		Decreasing Long		455	1.4416  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,988	1.4417  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		80	1.2679  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,816	1.3032  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72,527	1.3487  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,790	1.4227  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,493	1.4280  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59,962	1.4385  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,377	1.4483  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,775	1.4502  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,458	1.4519  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,525	1.4520  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	1.3140  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,604	1.4209  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,996	1.4326  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37,323	1.4344  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		106,010	1.4389  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81,787	1.4471  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,782	1.4515  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,071	1.4520  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,660	1.3955  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		11,108	1.4263  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:				02 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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