Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 9, 2026

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Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			2,422,254	2.00%	1,962,465	1.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,758,451	1.45%	1,490,281	1.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,180,705	3.45%	3,452,746	2.85%
(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		67,030		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		32,026		3.2752  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		25,479		3.2604  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		11,441		3.2738  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,528		3.2898  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,521		3.2624  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,508		3.2458  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,147		3.2498  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,106		3.2546  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		899		3.2666  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		673		3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		592		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		480		3.2633  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		296		3.2300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		271		3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		217		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		114		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		98		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		97		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		94		3.2600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		90		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		85		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		33		3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.2975  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		23,461		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		19,952		3.2855  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		17,222		3.2587  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,017		3.2605  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		13,296		3.2563  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,718		3.2523  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,405		3.2857  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,349		3.2632  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,348		3.2511  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,007		3.2625  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,211		3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,912		3.2489  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,500		3.2761  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,500		3.2531  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,490		3.2815  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,241		3.2664  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,034		3.2562  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		938		3.2333  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		907		3.2513  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		850		3.2675  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		575		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		439		3.2350  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		389		3.2577  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		296		3.2300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		271		3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		114		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		112		3.2975  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		98		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		97		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		94		3.2600  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		90		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		85		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		63		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		33		3.2950  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		Decreasing Long		1,649	3.2602  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		358	3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		861	3.2510  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,718	3.2523  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,500	3.2531  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,829	3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,222	3.2587  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59	3.2592  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,017	3.2605  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		292	3.2622  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,349	3.2632  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,400	3.2637  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		191	3.2685  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		811	3.2722  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,986	3.2745  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,017	3.2888  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,665	3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	3.2100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		72	3.2300  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,106	3.2546  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		291	3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		408	3.2692  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		529	3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,505	3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,439	3.3001  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		938	3.2333  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,912	3.2489  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		907	3.2513  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,296	3.2563  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,956	3.2662  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,910	3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,508	3.2458  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		25,479	3.2603  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		23,779	3.2625  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,104	3.3000  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:				09 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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