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Barclays PLC

09 October 2026

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				ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 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:				08 Oct 2026
(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:				5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,204,868	1.49%	1,505,521	1.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,505,521	1.86%	1,204,201	1.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,710,389	3.35%	2,709,722	3.35%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
5p ordinary		Purchase		44,300		5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		20,852		5.5302 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,335		5.5702 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.5180 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.3330 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,500		5.4080 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,488		5.5440 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,723		5.5573 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,356		5.5200 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,195		5.5340 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,095		5.5700 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,530		5.5394 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,432		5.5681 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,254		5.5590 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		879		5.5950 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.6000 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		708		5.5593 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		650		5.5526 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		572		5.5900 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		511		5.5233 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		320		5.5600 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		189		5.5598 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		100		5.5596 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		49		5.5790 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		24,085		5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,663		5.5565 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,388		5.5426 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,266		5.4999 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,222		5.5491 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,162		5.5778 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,978		5.5645 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,490		5.5363 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,670		5.5624 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,339		5.5700 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,261		5.5454 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,144		5.5519 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,383		5.5721 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,283		5.5539 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,090		5.5100 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		903		5.5467 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		328		5.5500 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		294		5.5800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		189		5.5600 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		170		5.5450 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		650	5.5526 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		751	5.5617 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		622	5.5601 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54	5.5404 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,356	5.5200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,085	5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,424	5.5002 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.5186 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,175	5.5437 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,764	5.5551 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		516	5.5695 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,905	5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,555	5.5489 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,383	5.5721 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,642	5.5531 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,335	5.5497 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.4087 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,933	5.5364 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,266	5.4999 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	5.5790 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,742	5.5209 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	5.3337 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,432	5.5680 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,821	5.5685 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		879	5.5950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,954	5.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,979	5.5700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,514	5.5783 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,670	5.5624 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,530	5.5394 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,893	5.5413 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,852	5.5301 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,978	5.5645 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,255	5.5505 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		240	5.5399 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)	Exercise
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:				09 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.3 ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC.

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