Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			2,060,515	1.70%	2,686,469	2.22%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,452,182	2.02%	1,040,955	0.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,512,697	3.73%	3,727,424	3.08%
(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		19,895		3.0612  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		12,832		3.0742  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		10,865		3.0463  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		10,230		3.0700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		10,067		3.0576  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		7,402		3.0193  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,571		3.0227  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,324		3.0304  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,569		3.0865  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,354		3.0200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,143		3.0500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,845		3.0840  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,593		3.0461  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,171		3.0563  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		830		3.1050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		739		3.0550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		509		3.0850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		467		3.0450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		457		3.0449  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		376		3.0900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		266		3.0600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		258		3.0544  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		192		3.0400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		191		3.0800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		110		3.0650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		19		3.0300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6		3.0250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.0274  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.0350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		32,473		3.0454  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		32,247		3.0739  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		18,249		3.0564  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		17,999		3.0529  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		15,190		3.0241  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,342		3.0738  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,909		3.0281  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,474		3.0693  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,571		3.0580  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,192		3.0400  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,500		3.0524  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,304		3.0200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,300		3.0331  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,152		3.1130  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,498		3.0402  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,445		3.0584  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,160		3.0499  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,119		3.0583  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,022		3.0500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		996		3.0600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		977		3.0612  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		830		3.1050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		775		3.0708  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		717		3.0597  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		711		3.0900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		521		3.0450  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		483		3.0455  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		439		3.0599  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		276		3.0565  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		269		3.0550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		230		3.0700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		191		3.0800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		110		3.0650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		79		3.0850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		19		3.0300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6		3.0250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1		3.0350  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		3,360	3.0200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,300	3.0331  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,271	3.0356  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,498	3.0402  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,717	3.0454  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,000	3.0498  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,160	3.0499  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,689	3.0541  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		153	3.0580  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,865	3.0604  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	3.0625  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,153	3.0641  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95	3.0643  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22	3.0650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		891	3.0690  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,474	3.0693  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,300	3.0698  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,342	3.0738  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17	3.0200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,181	3.0201  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,593	3.0461  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,093	3.0500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,067	3.0576  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		312	3.0600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,000	3.0703  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,845	3.0840  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		430	3.0850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,257	3.0901  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,070	3.0200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,909	3.0281  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,028	3.0550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,008	3.0576  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,119	3.0583  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,822	3.0600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,683	3.0686  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:				30 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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