RNS Number : 6948O

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			2,207,801	1.82%	1,964,398	1.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,759,052	1.45%	1,274,360	1.05%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,966,853	3.28%	3,238,758	2.67%
(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		28,684		3.3027  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		26,978		3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		19,801		3.2555  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		6,735		3.2976  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		5,513		3.2868  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,623		3.2456  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,400		3.2938  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		3,014		3.3026  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,751		3.2813  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		2,014		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,650		3.2336  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		1,426		3.2841  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		854		3.3059  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		788		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		502		3.2909  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		409		3.2559  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		340		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		337		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		302		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		260		3.2950  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		179		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		177		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		102		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		92		3.2750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		87		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Purchase		86		3.2550  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		50,124		3.3010  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		47,860		3.2742  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		33,618		3.2306  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		33,318		3.2596  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		18,508		3.2631  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,558		3.2819  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,521		3.3094  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		14,026		3.3005  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		12,042		3.3083  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		11,395		3.2988  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		9,176		3.2788  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		8,697		3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		7,533		3.3055  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		3,336		3.2442  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,811		3.2887  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,571		3.2873  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		2,189		3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,934		3.2912  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,417		3.2871  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,311		3.2963  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,300		3.2966  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		1,216		3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		978		3.2860  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		925		3.2700  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		829		3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		604		3.2500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		460		3.2434  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		457		3.2847  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		337		3.2800  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		179		3.3050  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		177		3.3000  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		92		3.2750  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		87		3.3250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		Sale		86		3.2550  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		2,438	3.2722  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,647	3.2857  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,000	3.2246  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,414	3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,172	3.2306  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,318	3.2596  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,079	3.2604  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		159	3.2640  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41	3.2708  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95	3.2731  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,860	3.2742  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		133	3.2785  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,176	3.2788  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		187	3.2813  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,146	3.2840  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,074	3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,330	3.2890  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		982	3.2896  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		300	3.2897  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,161	3.2900  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,714	3.2924  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,429	3.2949  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,395	3.2987  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,026	3.3005  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,124	3.3010  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	3.3500  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,579	3.2250  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,171	3.2271  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	3.2650  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,097	3.2717  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,751	3.2813  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,426	3.2841  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,872	3.2850  GBP
0.01p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,014	3.3026  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,917	3.2681  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		163	3.2848  GBP
0.01p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,572	3.2953  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:				13 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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