Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			1,204,868	1.49%	1,505,521	1.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,505,521	1.86%	1,204,201	1.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,710,389	3.35%	2,709,722	3.35%
(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		44,300		5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		20,852		5.5302  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,335		5.5702  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.5180  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.3330  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.4080  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,488		5.5440  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,723		5.5573  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,356		5.5200  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,195		5.5340  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,095		5.5700  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,530		5.5394  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,432		5.5681  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,254		5.5590  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		879		5.5950  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		708		5.5593  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		650		5.5526  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		572		5.5900  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		511		5.5233  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		320		5.5600  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		189		5.5598  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		100		5.5596  GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		49		5.5790  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		24,085		5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,663		5.5565  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,388		5.5426  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,266		5.4999  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,222		5.5491  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,162		5.5778  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,978		5.5645  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,490		5.5363  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,670		5.5624  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,339		5.5700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,261		5.5454  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,144		5.5519  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,383		5.5721  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,283		5.5539  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,090		5.5100  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		903		5.5467  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		328		5.5500  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		294		5.5800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		189		5.5600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		170		5.5450  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		Increasing Short		650	5.5526  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		751	5.5617  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		622	5.5601  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54	5.5404  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,356	5.5200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,085	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,424	5.5002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.5186  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,175	5.5437  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,764	5.5551  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		516	5.5695  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,905	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,555	5.5489  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,383	5.5721  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,642	5.5531  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,335	5.5497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.4087  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,933	5.5364  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,266	5.4999  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	5.5790  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,742	5.5209  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.3337  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,432	5.5680  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,821	5.5685  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		879	5.5950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,954	5.5000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,979	5.5700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,514	5.5783  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,670	5.5624  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,530	5.5394  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,893	5.5413  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,852	5.5301  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,978	5.5645  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,255	5.5505  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		240	5.5399  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:				09 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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