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Form 8.3 AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 3467R

Barclays PLC

02 February 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:				30 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:			2,398,818	1.98%	2,665,982	2.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,431,654	2.01%	1,379,258	1.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,830,472	3.99%	4,045,240	3.34%
(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		307,700		3.0900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		58,253		3.0841 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		36,199		3.0747 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		22,500		3.0721 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		21,088		3.1228 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		19,828		3.0864 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		19,132		3.0888 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		16,298		3.0790 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		14,099		3.0765 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,503		3.0875 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,195		3.0893 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,405		3.0901 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,164		3.0862 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,237		3.0929 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		4,147		3.1367 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,532		3.1302 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,907		3.0500 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,554		3.0650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		874		3.0953 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		852		3.0825 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		800		3.0668 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		500		3.1272 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		285		3.0400 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		236		3.0761 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		38		3.0700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		32,768		3.0868 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		26,474		3.0975 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		25,889		3.0900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		24,478		3.1186 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		24,243		3.1065 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		13,672		3.0816 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,894		3.0867 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		10,000		3.0620 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,315		3.0833 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		4,000		3.1375 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,907		3.0960 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,466		3.0739 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,291		3.0601 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,043		3.0845 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,400		3.0948 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,075		3.0823 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,008		3.0454 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,000		3.1400 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		492		3.0700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		443		3.0850 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		324		3.0499 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		295		3.0625 GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		59		3.0864 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		2,800	3.0487 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,291	3.0601 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,296	3.0603 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		492	3.0700 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,434	3.0801 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,672	3.0816 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,043	3.0844 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,000	3.0870 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,444	3.0876 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		566	3.0882 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,355	3.0897 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,539	3.0900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,474	3.0975 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		342	3.1020 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,554	3.0650 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,500	3.0721 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,100	3.0755 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,264	3.0761 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,099	3.0765 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		77	3.0814 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,922	3.0816 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,253	3.0841 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28	3.0880 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,132	3.0888 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,726	3.0890 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		285,482	3.0900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,084	3.0901 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,237	3.0929 GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,034	3.0996 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,075	3.0823 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		59	3.0864 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,894	3.0867 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,243	3.1065 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		441	3.1100 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,478	3.1185 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		786	3.0654 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		36,199	3.0747 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		236	3.0761 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,821	3.0900 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		21,088	3.1228 GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,147	3.1367 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:				02 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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