Form 8.3 - Molten Ventures plc

Barclays PLC

14 March 2024

 

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				MOLTEN VENTURES 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:				13 Mar 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:  FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP PLC
	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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			711,800	0.41%	1,320,766	0.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,065,700	0.61%	522,708	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,777,500	1.02%	1,843,474	1.06%
(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
1p ordinary		Purchase		203,603		2.5477  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		126,805		2.6512  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		123,346		2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		97,246		2.6300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,637		2.5854  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		2.5627  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,348		2.6402  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,341		2.6836  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,017		2.6672  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,464		2.6388  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,429		2.6435  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,348		2.6415  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,343		2.5981  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,232		2.6445  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,149		2.6124  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,736		2.5498  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,164		2.5814  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,459		2.6826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,169		2.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,104		2.6777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,005		2.6635  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		638		2.6732  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		544		2.5625  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		424		2.6285  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		384		2.5620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146		2.6884  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		130		2.5939  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		2.6210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		226,989		2.5586  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		130,792		2.6406  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,722		2.6447  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98,296		2.6090  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,795		2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,405		2.5479  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,104		2.5478  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,300		2.6776  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,618		2.6724  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,191		2.6138  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,537		2.5713  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,213		2.6078  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,867		2.5980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,360		2.5731  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,041		2.6628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,995		2.6736  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,734		2.6782  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,627		2.5653  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,482		2.5860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,000		2.6620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,827		2.5843  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,593		2.6623  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,534		2.6668  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		932		2.6637  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		868		2.6809  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		636		2.6733  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		529		2.6660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		384		2.5620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		333		2.6805  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		230		2.6800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		181		2.6297  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		167		2.6299  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13		2.6698  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		2.6210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		2.7243  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		76	2.6269  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		207	2.5742  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,459	2.6826  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,860	2.6235  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9,515	2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,017	2.6672  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		15,341	2.6836  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,475	2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		32,984	2.5482  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		155	2.6479  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,870	2.5939  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,360	2.5731  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,867	2.5980  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,537	2.5713  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,104	2.5478  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,471	2.6656  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12	2.5483  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23	2.5682  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		160	2.6699  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		403	2.6736  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		567	2.6373  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		879	2.5526  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,151	2.5846  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,279	2.5996  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,827	2.5843  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,131	2.6357  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,420	2.5837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,627	2.5653  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,840	2.6246  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,771	2.6264  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,291	2.5746  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,120	2.5786  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,297	2.6262  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,405	2.5479  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		23,017	2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,869	2.6136  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,524	2.5718  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,429	2.6435  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,862	2.5480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,471	2.5817  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		30,000	2.5628  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:				14 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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