| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | FD TECHNOLOGIES PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 May 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 0.5p ordinary | ||||||
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| 68,628 | 0.31% | 247,081 | 1.12% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 284,397 | 1.29% | 56,318 | 0.25% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 353,025 | 1.60% | 303,399 | 1.37% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 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 | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 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 | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| 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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