Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

07 January 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				AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP 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:				06 Jan 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:				0.01p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,397,081	1.98%	1,912,771	1.58%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,708,604	1.41%	1,464,973	1.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,105,685	3.39%	3,377,744	2.78%
(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
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		100,881		3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		38,255		3.3307  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		29,149		3.3024  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		18,935		3.3189  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		10,410		3.3278  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		7,770		3.3175  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,036		3.3058  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,505		3.3150  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,380		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,020		3.3517  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,056		3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,813		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,768		3.3521  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,370		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,122		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,098		3.3425  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		930		3.3047  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		920		3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		767		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		400		3.3549  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		373		3.3217  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		351		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		315		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		300		3.3900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		216		3.3600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		212		3.3001  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		142		3.3005  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		132		3.3300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		86		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		58		3.3450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		46		3.3750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		40		3.3550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		34		3.3350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		78,357		3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		70,070		3.3164  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		40,375		3.3026  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		35,039		3.3387  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		15,895		3.3357  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,170		3.3264  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,722		3.2983  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,845		3.3531  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,606		3.3110  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,479		3.3028  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,324		3.3171  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,048		3.3495  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,392		3.3035  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,182		3.3189  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,758		3.3173  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,380		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,315		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,612		3.3150  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,241		3.3492  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,056		3.3109  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,705		3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,465		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,458		3.3125  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,406		3.3145  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,370		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		976		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		877		3.3069  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		781		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		351		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		300		3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		300		3.3900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		216		3.3600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		132		3.3300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		86		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		58		3.3450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		46		3.3750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		45		3.3650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		34		3.3350  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		350	3.2200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,322	3.2625  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72,866	3.2747  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		44,542	3.2756  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,000	3.2896  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,667	3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,406	3.3145  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		728	3.3212  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		254	3.3216  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,081	3.3257  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,170	3.3264  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		573	3.3268  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		87	3.3294  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,039	3.3387  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		245	3.3399  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39	3.3461  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,241	3.3492  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,029	3.3494  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,417	3.3496  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,100	3.3497  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,766	3.3498  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,486	3.3499  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,845	3.3531  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27	3.3900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		280	3.2150  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,467	3.2160  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,855	3.2461  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,159	3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,472	3.2959  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,159	3.3110  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,993	3.3146  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,000	3.3153  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,567	3.3181  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,018	3.3256  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,670	3.3339  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		504	3.3364  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,098	3.3425  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,242	3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,020	3.3517  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,768	3.3521  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,756	3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,722	3.2983  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		44,356	3.3003  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,877	3.3270  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		598	3.3508  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,668	3.3187  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:				07 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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