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RNS Number : 3202I Barclays PLC 12 May 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 FD TECHNOLOGIES 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: 09 May 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: 0.5p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 69,146 0.31% 252,231 1.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 286,136 1.29% 56,620 0.26%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 355,282 1.61% 308,851 1.40%
(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
0.5p ordinary Purchase 10,773 24.5413 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 2,153 24.3367 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 2,100 24.4458 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 1,852 24.9943 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 1,272 24.3218 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 1,211 24.7241 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 928 24.3182 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 847 24.2593 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 805 24.7468 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 636 25.0077 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 297 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 290 24.3000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 221 24.2500 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 216 25.5451 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 131 24.2750 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 121 24.4000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 110 24.3500 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 40 24.2000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 14 24.2725 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 100,000 24.1879 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 4,908 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 2,712 24.8305 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 298 24.2053 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 251 24.2250 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 245 24.3000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 227 24.2605 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 221 24.2500 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 159 24.2294 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 117 24.2750 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 100 24.2000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 7 24.4000 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30 24.6943 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 100,000 24.1879 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 298 24.2053 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 127 24.2250 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 586 24.2377 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 672 24.5377 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 301 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 300 24.2669 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 928 24.3182 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,153 24.3367 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 165 24.3556 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 471 24.4692 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,962 24.5199 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,877 24.5218 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 740 24.8863 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 21 25.0014 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 195 24.4041 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,230 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 847 24.3000 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 859 24.3347 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: 12 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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