Form 8.3 FD TECHNOLOGIES PLC

May 12 2025 16:27 BSTSource: RNS

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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