Form 8.3 - SERICA ENERGY PLC

RNS Number : 1617E

Barclays PLC

08 April 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:				07 Apr 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:			1,759,244	0.45%	2,678,214	0.68%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,445,243	0.62%	1,478,761	0.38%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,204,487	1.07%	4,156,975	1.06%
(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		159,984		1.1795 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		144,427		1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		67,066		1.1987 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		41,704		1.2184 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		37,218		1.1931 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		34,288		1.1996 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		15,852		1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		15,600		1.2122 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		11,051		1.1976 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		10,000		1.2200 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		9,038		1.2137 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		8,149		1.2021 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		7,322		1.2130 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		4,557		1.1974 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,935		1.1929 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		514		1.2120 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		345		1.2070 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		345		1.2150 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		345		1.1790 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		179		1.2099 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		279,409		1.1874 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		76,170		1.2064 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		44,000		1.1994 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		39,095		1.2116 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		36,065		1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		35,272		1.2127 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		35,036		1.1823 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		30,052		1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		29,518		1.2106 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		27,725		1.2224 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		20,821		1.1885 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		12,511		1.2114 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		8,091		1.2141 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		6,430		1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		5,600		1.2090 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		5,177		1.1983 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,568		1.2132 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,334		1.1830 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		912		1.2240 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		873		1.2080 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		514		1.2120 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		345		1.1790 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		9,511	1.1996 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,853	1.1719 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,036	1.1823 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,334	1.1830 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,052	1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,745	1.1949 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,901	1.1975 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,581	1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		276	1.2119 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,272	1.2127 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,913	1.1884 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,186	1.2068 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,305	1.2072 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,305	1.2278 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,969	1.2064 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		546	1.1944 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:				08 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RETIPMBTMTAMBRA