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RNS Number : 4958I Barclays PLC 13 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: 12 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: 68,628 0.31% 247,081 1.12%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 284,397 1.29% 56,318 0.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 353,025 1.60% 303,399 1.37%
(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 2,922 24.6887 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 1,978 24.7447 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 1,359 24.6502 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 661 24.7049 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 601 24.6686 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 364 24.4000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 264 24.8096 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 129 24.5093 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 114 24.7500 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 56 24.9000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 56 24.5000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 54 24.6000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 49 24.6210 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 12 24.6750 GBP
0.5p ordinary Purchase 12 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 1,079 24.6916 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 833 24.4000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 777 24.6182 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 522 24.5608 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 267 24.5295 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 256 24.4615 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 114 24.7500 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 59 24.7889 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 50 24.5450 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 18 24.8250 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 12 25.0000 GBP
0.5p ordinary Sale 12 24.6750 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 Increasing Long 24 24.4000 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 108 24.4138 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 370 24.4813 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 156 24.4868 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 267 24.5295 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 522 24.5608 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 876 24.7572 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 79 24.4012 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 55 24.4818 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,560 24.7047 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,595 24.7162 GBP
0.5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 100 24.8502 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 189 24.6230 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 221 24.6022 GBP
0.5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 339 24.7514 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: 13 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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