Form 8.3 FD TECHNOLOGIES PLC

Barclays PLC

09 May 2025

 

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  relevant securities this form relates:			FD TECHNOLOGIES PLC
(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 May 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				0.5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				71,615	0.32%	169,472	0.77%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				198,262	0.90%	58,862	0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				269,877	1.22%	228,314	1.03%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	12,760	24.1495  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	2,345	24.1740  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	1,830	24.1964  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	1,705	24.2250  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	1,667	24.2500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	715	24.1635  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	691	24.2000  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	637	24.1193  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	520	24.1000  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	459	24.2217  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	400	24.1250  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	299	24.1515  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	297	24.1693  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	250	24.1500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	214	24.1731  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Purchase	2	23.9996  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	10,171	24.0860  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	7,828	24.2500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	4,169	24.1453  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	3,119	24.2302  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	1,492	24.2250  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	751	24.1776  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	691	24.2000  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	587	24.1250  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	428	24.2202  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	371	24.1500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	370	24.0779  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	224	24.1457  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	200	24.2454  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	173	24.1000  GBP
0.5p ordinary	Sale	57	24.1750  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	158	24.1862  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	370	24.0779  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,171	24.0860  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	244	24.1366  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	86	24.1500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,654	24.1895  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,813	24.1919  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	159	24.2250  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	869	24.2500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	188	24.1547  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	715	24.1635  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,345	24.1740  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,356	24.1798  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	75	24.1960  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	109	24.2002  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1	24.2500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10	24.2510  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	200	24.1697  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	4,998	24.2480  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	294	24.2500  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	4,690	24.0973  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	347	24.1018  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	604	24.1942  GBP
0.5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,402	24.2500  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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 May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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