Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 8359P

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			2,416,265	1.97%	2,330,375	1.90%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,128,731	1.75%	1,486,603	1.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,544,996	3.72%	3,816,978	3.12%
(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		82,733		3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		30,265		3.4267 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		23,355		3.4305 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		17,548		3.5076 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		13,694		3.4981 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		12,269		3.5365 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,540		3.4885 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,878		3.5147 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,497		3.5001 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		3.5316 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,347		3.4243 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,260		3.5142 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		3.5350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		634		3.5200 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		545		3.4519 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		491		3.5300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		368		3.4800 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		324		3.4650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		324		3.4648 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		204		3.4950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		64		3.4600 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		121,376		3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		44,571		3.4561 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		39,510		3.4954 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		31,305		3.4953 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,589		3.5034 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,274		3.4911 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,648		3.4802 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,087		3.4909 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,417		3.4294 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,260		3.4876 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		6,020		3.5006 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,323		3.4995 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,016		3.4984 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,814		3.5072 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,501		3.5116 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,114		3.4650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,009		3.5193 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		977		3.5000 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		850		3.4496 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		695		3.5050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		368		3.4800 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		364		3.5300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		356		3.4700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		318		3.4950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		265		3.5250 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		4,136	3.4915 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,994	3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,900	3.4375 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,197	3.4619 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		462	3.4650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		481	3.4667 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,260	3.4875 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,087	3.4909 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,383	3.4952 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,510	3.4954 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		901	3.4963 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,922	3.4971 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,477	3.4980 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,020	3.5006 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		796	3.5015 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		91	3.5047 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		157	3.5050 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,814	3.5072 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		265	3.5250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,283	3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,145	3.4251 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,000	3.4563 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64	3.4600 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		850	3.4861 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,540	3.4885 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		204	3.4950 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,694	3.4981 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,065	3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,440	3.4715 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,648	3.4802 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		14,274	3.4911 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		582	3.5000 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		14,589	3.5033 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		52	3.5350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,093	3.5436 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,572	3.4250 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,548	3.5076 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,260	3.5142 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,878	3.5147 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		491	3.5300 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		52	3.5350 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,269	3.5365 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:				21 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.70p0.26%
Market Cap	£66.84bn

Date	21 Jan 2026
Time	15:27:43
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	8359P

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.70p0.26%
Market Cap	£66.84bn

Date	21 Jan 2026
Time	15:27:43
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	8359P

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Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC