Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			2,652,294	2.16%	2,426,061	1.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,216,738	1.80%	1,722,551	1.40%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,869,032	3.96%	4,148,612	3.38%
(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		299,450		3.3950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		16,774		3.3857  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		16,492		3.3521  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		15,548		3.3947  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		9,121		3.3400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,898		3.3635  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,567		3.3694  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,827		3.3366  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,474		3.3308  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,645		3.3350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,225		3.3300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,118		3.3516  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,401		3.3332  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,263		3.3112  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,189		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,915		3.3382  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,261		3.3346  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,166		3.3338  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		716		3.3550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		451		3.3475  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		429		3.3450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		389		3.3349  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		361		3.4000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		275		3.3525  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		168		3.3900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		99		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		93		3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		89		3.4050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		80		3.4150  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		17		3.4600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5		3.3899  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		78,353		3.3950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		70,662		3.3826  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		20,737		3.3490  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		18,795		3.3574  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,366		3.3413  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,112		3.3453  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,126		3.3523  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,116		3.3341  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,000		3.3291  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,570		3.3598  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,369		3.3299  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,146		3.3331  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,712		3.3720  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,855		3.3671  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,763		3.3739  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,317		3.3450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,016		3.3530  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		942		3.3580  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		838		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		699		3.3573  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		677		3.3637  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		645		3.3350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		451		3.3475  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		431		3.3400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		361		3.4000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		169		3.3550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		168		3.3900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		164		3.3634  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		99		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		93		3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		89		3.3300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		89		3.4050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		80		3.4150  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		78		3.3948  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		75		3.3949  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		Increasing Long		3,301	3.3528  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,884	3.3657  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,369	3.3299  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		980	3.3398  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,073	3.3449  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		888	3.3450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,112	3.3453  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		498	3.3475  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,737	3.3490  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,590	3.3495  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,126	3.3523  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,016	3.3530  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		104	3.3628  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,088	3.3701  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		446	3.3790  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,172	3.3826  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,419	3.3947  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		153	3.3948  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,385	3.3950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19	3.4596  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,428	3.3301  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32,019	3.3378  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		822	3.3541  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,567	3.3694  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,347	3.3951  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		46	3.4000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17	3.4600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,704	3.3351  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1	3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		164	3.3634  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,796	3.3850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,938	3.3950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		100	3.3400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		258,790	3.3950  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:				22 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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