Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC

RNS Number : 5611C

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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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	27 Mar 2025
Time	14:56:11
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5611C

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	27 Mar 2025
Time	14:56:11
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5611C

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Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC