Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			2,132,820	1.76%	2,645,128	2.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,415,088	1.99%	1,193,447	0.99%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,547,908	3.76%	3,838,575	3.17%
(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		44,687		3.2050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		36,324		3.3197  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		19,217		3.2056  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		17,761		3.2578  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,125		3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,160		3.2916  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		3.3300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,640		3.3186  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,605		3.3025  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		3.3550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,420		3.3310  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,024		3.2450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		687		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		312		3.2427  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		296		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		273		3.2691  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		157		3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		112		3.3400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		54		3.3549  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		52		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		42		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		35		3.2350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		31		3.2600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		17		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		17		3.3350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		14		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		14		3.2750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		399,312		3.2050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		38,102		3.3484  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		34,003		3.2621  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		23,862		3.3191  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,579		3.3263  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,929		3.3286  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,048		3.2973  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,429		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,284		3.3024  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,999		3.3316  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,641		3.2736  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,400		3.3520  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,836		3.3266  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,409		3.2539  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		894		3.2453  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		418		3.2825  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		157		3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		143		3.3151  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		125		3.3148  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		123		3.3147  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		112		3.3400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		65		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		52		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		42		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		35		3.2350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		31		3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		31		3.2600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		24		3.2450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		21		3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		17		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		17		3.3350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14		3.2750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14		3.2700  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		348,410	3.2050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,141	3.2485  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,213	3.2515  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,312	3.2571  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		90	3.2647  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,429	3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		239	3.2807  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,803	3.2921  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		629	3.2992  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,501	3.3031  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,245	3.3037  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		112	3.3121  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		281	3.3130  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,579	3.3263  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,929	3.3286  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,400	3.3520  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,487	3.2050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		812	3.2051  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		376	3.2369  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,539	3.2579  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,160	3.2916  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		431	3.3135  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		231	3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,989	3.3348  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		656	3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,409	3.2539  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,447	3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,284	3.3024  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		15,065	3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		20,862	3.3191  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,602	3.3198  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,999	3.3316  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		38,102	3.3484  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,354	3.2050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		312	3.2427  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		273	3.2691  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,447	3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,605	3.3024  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		15,065	3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,640	3.3186  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		36,324	3.3197  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:				28 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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