Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 12, 2026

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Barclays PLC

12 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:				09 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:			2,382,822	1.97%	1,950,851	1.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,744,342	1.44%	1,448,354	1.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,127,164	3.41%	3,399,205	2.81%
(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		78,379		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		47,857		3.2875  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		13,970		3.2985  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		13,684		3.3004  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,917		3.2892  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,539		3.3148  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,563		3.3178  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,708		3.3053  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		300		3.3233  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		110		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		100		3.3100  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		52,346		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		21,432		3.3008  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		20,128		3.3188  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		16,030		3.2994  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,301		3.2986  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,000		3.3090  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,742		3.2922  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,701		3.2901  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,679		3.2882  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,965		3.2999  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,841		3.2921  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,321		3.2798  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,190		3.2931  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,237		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,166		3.3016  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,114		3.3060  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,100		3.2712  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		908		3.3281  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		806		3.3210  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		701		3.2960  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		692		3.3200  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		616		3.3175  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		446		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		353		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		130		3.3241  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		1,237	3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,100	3.2712  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,321	3.2798  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		51	3.2897  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,701	3.2901  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		122	3.2904  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,742	3.2922  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,888	3.2927  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,302	3.2945  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,301	3.2986  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,030	3.2994  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,432	3.3008  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,000	3.3105  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		616	3.3175  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		806	3.3210  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,427	3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		811	3.2801  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,428	3.2853  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		128	3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,139	3.2905  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,842	3.2986  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,708	3.3054  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		27,675	3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,905	3.2916  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,841	3.2921  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,965	3.2999  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		446	3.3049  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,388	3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		14,792	3.3014  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:				12 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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