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RNS Number : 0242O Barclays PLC 23 June 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 RICARDO 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 Jun 2025
(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: 25p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 267,013 0.43% 360,072 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 324,196 0.52% 266,532 0.43%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 591,209 0.95% 626,604 1.01%
(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
25p ordinary Purchase 160,988 4.3404 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 68,554 4.3368 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 39,300 4.3400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 26,000 4.3160 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 24,843 4.2954 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,177 4.3300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,145 4.3408 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,909 4.3375 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,206 4.3424 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,457 4.3329 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,209 4.3253 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 907 4.3100 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 873 4.3200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 811 4.3500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 456 4.3150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 455 4.3450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 421 4.2900 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 67 4.3000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 27,566 4.3400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,376 4.3098 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,030 4.3136 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,346 4.3280 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 873 4.3200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 839 4.3500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 804 4.2900 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 655 4.3399 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 465 4.3300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 456 4.3150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 455 4.3450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 170 4.3050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 113 4.3000 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 655 4.3399 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 28 4.3500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,515 4.3275 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 911 4.3299 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,074 4.3300 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 17,920 4.3313 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,457 4.3329 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,909 4.3375 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 38,356 4.3400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 205,275 4.3404 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 64 4.3405 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 7,145 4.3408 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,206 4.3424 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: 23 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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