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Form 8.3 - Molten Ventures plc

RNS Number : 0786H

Barclays PLC

15 March 2024

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				MOLTEN VENTURES 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:				14 Mar 2024
(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?				FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP 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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			730,952	0.42%	1,302,677	0.75%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,110,299	0.64%	602,240	0.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,841,251	1.06%	1,904,917	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
1p ordinary		Purchase		65,838		2.5632 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,678		2.5187 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		2.5951 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,941		2.5239 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,962		2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,420		2.5701 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,435		2.5625 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,942		2.5206 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,843		2.5189 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,013		2.5777 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		2.5136 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,132		2.5146 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,763		2.5047 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,270		2.5052 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,228		2.5050 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,805		2.5066 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,548		2.5921 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		904		2.5747 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		658		2.6070 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		595		2.6000 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		504		2.5326 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		86,175		2.5653 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,677		2.5116 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,197		2.5594 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,776		2.5440 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,256		2.5170 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,747		2.5041 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,374		2.5168 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,968		2.5070 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,800		2.5573 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,758		2.5302 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,919		2.5039 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,451		2.5020 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,114		2.5642 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,104		2.5203 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,025		2.5391 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,534		2.5645 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,153		2.5062 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,929		2.5042 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,723		2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,595		2.6000 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,398		2.5510 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,114		2.5500 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,066		2.5292 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		902		2.5579 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		887		2.5732 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		756		2.5081 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		695		2.5810 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		281		2.5310 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		653	2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,092	2.5059 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3	2.5033 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		504	2.5326 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,049	2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,548	2.5921 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,930	2.5213 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,233	2.5073 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,763	2.5047 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,102	2.5036 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,450	2.5467 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,014	2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		902	2.5579 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,066	2.5292 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,398	2.5510 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,153	2.5062 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,534	2.5645 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,451	2.5020 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,637	2.5041 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,968	2.5070 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,374	2.5168 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75	2.5659 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		121	2.5922 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		220	2.5554 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		265	2.5739 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		711	2.5417 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		987	2.5899 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,405	2.5076 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,571	2.5791 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,894	2.5335 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,343	2.5897 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,104	2.5203 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,919	2.5039 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,493	2.5276 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,600	2.5353 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,904	2.5456 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,256	2.5170 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,766	2.5664 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		153	2.5040 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,862	2.5033 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	2.5264 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	2.5951 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:				15 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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