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RNS Number : 1617E Barclays PLC 08 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: 07 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: 1,759,244 0.45% 2,678,214 0.68%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 2,445,243 0.62% 1,478,761 0.38%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,204,487 1.07% 4,156,975 1.06%
(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 159,984 1.1795 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 144,427 1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 67,066 1.1987 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 41,704 1.2184 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 37,218 1.1931 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 34,288 1.1996 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 15,852 1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 15,600 1.2122 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 11,051 1.1976 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 10,000 1.2200 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 9,038 1.2137 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 8,149 1.2021 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 7,322 1.2130 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 4,557 1.1974 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 1,935 1.1929 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 514 1.2120 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 345 1.2070 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 345 1.2150 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 345 1.1790 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Purchase 179 1.2099 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 279,409 1.1874 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 76,170 1.2064 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 44,000 1.1994 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 39,095 1.2116 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 36,065 1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 35,272 1.2127 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 35,036 1.1823 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 30,052 1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 29,518 1.2106 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 27,725 1.2224 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 20,821 1.1885 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 12,511 1.2114 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 8,091 1.2141 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 6,430 1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 5,600 1.2090 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 5,177 1.1983 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 1,568 1.2132 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 1,334 1.1830 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 912 1.2240 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 873 1.2080 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 514 1.2120 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary Sale 345 1.1790 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 Decreasing Long 9,511 1.1996 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,853 1.1719 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,036 1.1823 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,334 1.1830 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 30,052 1.1880 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,745 1.1949 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,901 1.1975 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 25,581 1.2100 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 276 1.2119 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,272 1.2127 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 27,913 1.1884 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,186 1.2068 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,305 1.2072 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 1.2140 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,305 1.2278 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,969 1.2064 GBP
USD 0.10 ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 546 1.1944 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: 08 Apr 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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