Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

04 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:				03 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:			1,826,182	0.47%	2,549,121	0.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,323,815	0.59%	1,519,761	0.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,149,997	1.06%	4,068,882	1.04%
(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		135,692		1.4143  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		120,488		1.3852  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		77,783		1.4114  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		42,804		1.3420  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		36,153		1.3828  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		24,306		1.4177  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		20,168		1.3869  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		18,678		1.3883  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		17,556		1.4905  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		5,249		1.3954  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		4,653		1.4140  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,562		1.3359  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,578		1.4330  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,879		1.4039  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,211		1.4200  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		738		1.4589  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		639		1.4980  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		446		1.4540  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		271		1.4780  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		227		1.3419  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		35		1.4800  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		33		1.5140  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		146,230		1.3876  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		130,959		1.3620  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		23,990		1.4074  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		21,985		1.4657  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		16,230		1.5020  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		15,275		1.3409  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		14,925		1.4367  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,032		1.4146  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		6,032		1.4219  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,883		1.3819  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,461		1.3420  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,503		1.4420  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,410		1.3336  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,455		1.4610  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,326		1.3500  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		566		1.4640  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		135	1.4199  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,375	1.3420  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,883	1.3819  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,032	1.4220  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,448	1.4327  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,985	1.4657  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		280	1.3395  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,935	1.3420  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,249	1.3954  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,779	1.3995  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,118	1.4040  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126,913	1.4154  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,830	1.4157  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,506	1.4547  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,532	1.3586  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2	1.4050  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:				04 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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