Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

27 March 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				SERICA ENERGY 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:				26 Mar 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				ENQUEST PLC
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:				USD 0.10 ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,893,589	0.48%	2,753,664	0.70%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,339,837	0.60%	1,523,782	0.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,233,426	1.08%	4,277,446	1.09%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		52,369		1.3174  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		42,000		1.3048  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		41,080		1.3305  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		31,687		1.3303  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		23,288		1.3267  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		20,548		1.2999  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		9,947		1.3323  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		9,306		1.3410  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		9,157		1.3208  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		7,570		1.3193  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		7,002		1.2860  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,462		1.3268  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,065		1.2914  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		5,059		1.3116  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		4,228		1.3128  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,357		1.3137  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,895		1.3081  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,866		1.3226  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,110		1.3178  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,469		1.3382  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,281		1.3192  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,052		1.3440  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		938		1.3380  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		629		1.3250  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		614		1.2990  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		567		1.2910  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		524		1.3270  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		200		1.3470  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		123,651		1.3410  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		55,197		1.3164  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		52,642		1.3298  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		33,208		1.3047  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		12,749		1.3313  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		9,034		1.3377  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		8,766		1.3301  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		5,595		1.3107  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,712		1.3096  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,543		1.3399  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,888		1.3029  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,254		1.3339  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,000		1.3040  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,000		1.3110  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,110		1.3213  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		938		1.3380  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		581		1.3130  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		5		1.3470  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,979	1.3232  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,338	1.3233  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,537	1.3149  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,176	1.3296  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,766	1.3301  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,105	1.3308  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,543	1.3399  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,979	1.3409  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,814	1.3410  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		348	1.2950  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,200	1.3000  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		187	1.3110  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,216	1.3118  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,700	1.3152  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,123	1.3232  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,687	1.3303  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,080	1.3305  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100	1.3411  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		65	1.2740  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		303	1.3409  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		117,324	1.3410  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,271	1.3241  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,329	1.3250  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		47	1.3340  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,876	1.3350  GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,009	1.3359  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)	Exercising
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:				27 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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