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Barclays PLC

12 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:				09 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:			1,202,978	1.49%	1,498,564	1.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,498,564	1.85%	1,202,345	1.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,701,542	3.34%	2,700,909	3.34%
(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		36,798		5.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,236		5.3922 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,273		5.3982 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,112		5.3228 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,497		5.3878 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,845		5.3954 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,234		5.3523 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,070		5.3634 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,676		5.3795 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,532		5.3743 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,800		5.3404 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,748		5.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,118		5.3955 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		976		5.3784 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.3500 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.3498 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		296		5.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		163		5.3445 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		45		5.3393 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1		5.3400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		35,304		5.3600 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,857		5.3671 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,318		5.4034 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,649		5.3588 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,410		5.3774 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,393		5.4229 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,384		5.4215 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,350		5.3484 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,983		5.3660 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,588		5.3540 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,639		5.3534 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,465		5.3492 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,430		5.3500 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,414		5.3962 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,245		5.3532 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,058		5.3447 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,011		5.3535 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		418		5.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		346		5.3400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		89		5.3359 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2		5.3300 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		Decreasing Short		7,311	5.3931 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		654	5.3788 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		554	5.3688 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,272	5.3788 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,258	5.3202 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,828	5.3747 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		14,908	5.3531 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		549	5.3495 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,466	5.3709 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,007	5.4185 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,748	5.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,549	5.3801 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		708	5.3447 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,071	5.3930 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,273	5.3982 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,128	5.3253 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,800	5.3404 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		921	5.3803 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,384	5.4215 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		120	5.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,236	5.3922 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		853	5.4256 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		171	5.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,393	5.4229 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,639	5.3534 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,128	5.3200 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:				12 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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