Form 8.3 -SERICA ENERGY PLC

RNS Number : 5631E

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			1,722,813	0.44%	2,807,932	0.71%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,547,169	0.65%	1,473,864	0.38%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,269,982	1.09%	4,281,796	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		162,000		1.1636 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		104,326		1.1620 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		88,518		1.1694 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		75,298		1.1700 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		72,631		1.1653 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		28,976		1.1669 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		14,828		1.1676 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		14,486		1.1635 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		14,194		1.1671 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,657		1.1606 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		6,006		1.1721 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		5,978		1.1622 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,749		1.2180 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,853		1.1753 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,347		1.1527 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,319		1.1820 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,009		1.1879 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		1,009		1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		900		1.1624 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		696		1.1609 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		550		1.1980 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		144,920		1.1638 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		104,251		1.1695 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		101,096		1.1929 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		92,224		1.1714 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		55,952		1.1620 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		55,826		1.1894 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		43,924		1.1698 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		38,828		1.1622 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		28,798		1.1678 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		27,388		1.1645 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,893		1.1787 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,588		1.1650 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		10,345		1.1635 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,749		1.2180 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		3,009		1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,749		1.1600 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,319		1.1820 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		7,859	1.1730 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,491	1.1620 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,528	1.1628 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,388	1.1645 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,798	1.1678 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,924	1.1698 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,928	1.1703 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,391	1.1723 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,800	1.1866 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,898	1.1904 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,011	1.1944 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,831	1.2009 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,657	1.1606 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,161	1.1620 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,715	1.1629 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,486	1.1635 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		550	1.1980 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,942	1.1658 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		448	1.1695 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		10,524	1.1652 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,769	1.1774 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:				10 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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