| 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 | SERICA ENERGY 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: | 07 Apr 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | ENQUEST PLC |
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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: | USD 0.10 ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 1,759,244 | 0.45% | 2,678,214 | 0.68% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,445,243 | 0.62% | 1,478,761 | 0.38% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,204,487 | 1.07% | 4,156,975 | 1.06% |
| (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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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 159,984 | 1.1795 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 144,427 | 1.2100 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 67,066 | 1.1987 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 41,704 | 1.2184 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 37,218 | 1.1931 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 34,288 | 1.1996 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 15,852 | 1.2140 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 15,600 | 1.2122 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 11,051 | 1.1976 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 10,000 | 1.2200 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 9,038 | 1.2137 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 8,149 | 1.2021 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 7,322 | 1.2130 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 4,557 | 1.1974 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 1,935 | 1.1929 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 514 | 1.2120 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 345 | 1.2070 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 345 | 1.2150 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 345 | 1.1790 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Purchase | 179 | 1.2099 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 279,409 | 1.1874 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 76,170 | 1.2064 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 44,000 | 1.1994 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 39,095 | 1.2116 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 36,065 | 1.2100 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 35,272 | 1.2127 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 35,036 | 1.1823 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 30,052 | 1.1880 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 29,518 | 1.2106 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 27,725 | 1.2224 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 20,821 | 1.1885 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 12,511 | 1.2114 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 8,091 | 1.2141 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 6,430 | 1.2140 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 5,600 | 1.2090 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 5,177 | 1.1983 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 1,568 | 1.2132 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 1,334 | 1.1830 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 912 | 1.2240 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 873 | 1.2080 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 514 | 1.2120 GBP | ||||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | Sale | 345 | 1.1790 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,511 | 1.1996 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,853 | 1.1719 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 35,036 | 1.1823 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,334 | 1.1830 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30,052 | 1.1880 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,745 | 1.1949 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,901 | 1.1975 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 25,581 | 1.2100 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 276 | 1.2119 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 35,272 | 1.2127 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 27,913 | 1.1884 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,186 | 1.2068 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,305 | 1.2072 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 1.2140 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,305 | 1.2278 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,969 | 1.2064 GBP | |||
| USD 0.10 ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 546 | 1.1944 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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| 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: | 08 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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