Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 9051O

Barclays PLC

14 January 2026

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				AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP 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:				13 Jan 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				0.01p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,106,266	1.74%	2,001,393	1.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,793,717	1.48%	1,170,495	0.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			3,899,983	3.22%	3,171,888	2.62%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		48,031		3.1700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		27,561		3.1852 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		7,974		3.1818 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		7,272		3.1862 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,270		3.1894 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,573		3.1920 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,554		3.1918 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,494		3.1950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,774		3.1867 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,169		3.1799 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,039		3.1900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,525		3.1989 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		630		3.1946 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		285		3.2100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		132		3.1835 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		86		3.2200 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		81		3.2000 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		79		3.1800 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		78		3.1850 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		78		3.1750 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		67		3.2300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		43		3.2450 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		39		3.2050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.2296 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		59,763		3.1761 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		57,985		3.1700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		20,637		3.1818 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		20,268		3.1999 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		18,530		3.2301 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,032		3.1908 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,675		3.1901 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,005		3.1843 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,578		3.1935 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,182		3.2056 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,846		3.1827 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,172		3.1707 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,565		3.1831 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		5,494		3.1950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,500		3.2036 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,469		3.2080 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,403		3.2099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,175		3.1698 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		911		3.2145 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		872		3.2100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		767		3.1920 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		719		3.1769 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		689		3.1924 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		601		3.2008 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		537		3.1876 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		335		3.1775 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		86		3.2200 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		81		3.2000 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		79		3.1800 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		78		3.1750 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		78		3.1850 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		67		3.2300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		43		3.2450 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		40		3.2400 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		39		3.1900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		39		3.2050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		25		3.1925 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,582	3.1846 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		627	3.1997 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,000	3.1696 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,175	3.1698 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,333	3.1700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		533	3.1727 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		127	3.1731 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,440	3.1756 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,676	3.1761 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,536	3.1821 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,846	3.1827 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,005	3.1843 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,277	3.1848 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		159	3.1877 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		881	3.1891 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,675	3.1901 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,578	3.1935 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,457	3.1936 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,268	3.1999 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,500	3.2036 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,469	3.2080 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,403	3.2099 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		911	3.2145 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,867	3.1700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,369	3.1701 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,359	3.1759 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,169	3.1799 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		500	3.1817 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,474	3.1818 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,000	3.1903 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,573	3.1920 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		800	3.2412 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		390	3.1798 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,950	3.1830 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,302	3.2192 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,205	3.1953 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)	Exercise
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:				14 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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