Form 8.3 SERICA ENERGY PLC

RNS Number : 1455F

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			1,352,979	0.34%	2,833,810	0.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,549,291	0.65%	1,182,081	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			3,902,270	0.99%	4,015,891	1.02%
(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		48,451		1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		41,557		1.2329 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		40,837		1.2401 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		32,215		1.2276 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		25,000		1.2340 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		20,000		1.2168 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		17,000		1.2314 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		14,725		1.2240 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		12,008		1.2407 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		4,733		1.2289 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,747		1.2192 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		3,560		1.2431 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,524		1.2245 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		2,432		1.2400 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		813		1.2268 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		571		1.2423 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		429		1.2020 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		200		1.2419 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Purchase		63		1.2220 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		180,664		1.2177 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		83,439		1.2321 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		47,431		1.2110 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		35,000		1.2364 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		25,319		1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		25,000		1.2340 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		17,566		1.2120 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		16,224		1.2486 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		12,000		1.2240 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		2,046		1.2297 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,592		1.2201 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,584		1.2386 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,577		1.2069 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,336		1.2020 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,234		1.2540 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		1,225		1.2360 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		833		1.2357 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		695		1.2080 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		Sale		368		1.2040 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		Increasing Long		2,984	1.2099 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,378	1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,452	1.2108 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		180,664	1.2177 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		833	1.2357 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,225	1.2360 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.2499 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,234	1.2540 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,491	1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,690	1.2162 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,747	1.2192 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		813	1.2268 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,035	1.2276 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,733	1.2289 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,513	1.2328 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,218	1.2380 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,693	1.2216 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		324	1.2359 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,477	1.2157 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19,920	1.2384 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 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

RETGPUBWCUPAGWA