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title: "REG - Barclays PLC DNO ASA - Form 8.3 DNO ASA"
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# REG - Barclays PLC DNO ASA - Form 8.3 DNO ASA

RNS Number : 5667R Barclays PLC 20 August 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

DNO ASA

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:

19 Aug 2026

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

GENEL ENERGY PLC

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:

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

33,879,285

3.47%

43,590,874

4.47%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

18,560,808

1.90%

18,765,793

1.92%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

52,440,093

5.38%

62,356,667

6.40%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

900,000

18.1400 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

365,492

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

119,963

18.4354 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

59,950

18.5366 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

58,843

18.3814 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

32,300

18.5009 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

29,155

18.4407 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

21,559

18.4262 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

5,260

18.3803 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

4,600

18.4650 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

4,306

18.5190 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

3,913

18.3720 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

3,893

18.4035 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

3,761

18.3799 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

3,029

18.3883 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

2,293

18.3737 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

2,086

18.3602 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

1,490

18.3324 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

1,279

18.3697 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

1,200

18.3248 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

1,053

18.3576 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

1,035

18.3700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

955

18.5518 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

851

18.4061 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

849

18.5360 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

817

18.4562 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

778

18.4055 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

569

18.3200 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

362

18.4100 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

197

18.4400 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

182

18.4700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

74

18.4250 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

49

18.4200 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Purchase

12

18.4500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

7,500,000

18.1400 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

362,461

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

62,939

18.4100 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

52,835

18.4440 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

49,034

18.4084 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

38,944

18.5384 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

32,584

18.5201 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

27,840

18.5490 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

14,788

18.4022 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

7,027

18.3854 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

5,415

18.4453 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

5,353

18.3902 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

5,288

18.3718 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

4,124

18.4374 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

3,660

18.4700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

3,298

18.4220 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

3,116

18.3918 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

2,447

18.3588 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

2,391

18.3824 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

2,300

18.4000 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

2,300

18.4650 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

1,635

18.4500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

1,043

18.4694 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

1,035

18.3700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

1,035

18.3705 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

569

18.4213 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

569

18.3200 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

197

18.4400 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

174

18.4300 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

132

18.5259 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

101

18.3991 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

Sale

6

18.4950 NOK

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,533

18.5490 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,840

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

181

18.5518 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,498

18.4354 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,196

18.4374 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,528

18.3859 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,861

18.3852 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,893

18.4035 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,559

18.4262 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,913

18.3720 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,306

18.5190 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

626

18.1400 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,295

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,705

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

132

18.5259 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,208

18.3883 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,468

18.4453 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

15,000,000

0.0403 EUR

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,042

18.3559 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,034

18.4084 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,470

18.4354 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,270

18.4354 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,725

18.4354 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

933

18.4374 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

424

18.5518 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,155

18.4406 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

350

18.5518 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

995

18.4374 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,094

18.5490 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

201

18.3577 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6

18.4950 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,950

18.5366 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

730

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

102

18.3940 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,947

18.4453 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

821

18.3883 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

468

18.3576 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,293

18.3736 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

384

18.3576 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,213

18.5490 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61,336

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,011

18.4201 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,745

18.3951 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

20,637

18.5384 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

18,307

18.5384 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,260

18.3803 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,043

18.4694 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

861

18.5348 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,739

18.4700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,027

18.3854 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

74

18.4250 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,761

18.3799 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,739

18.4700 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,213

18.4073 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,144

18.5500 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,353

18.3901 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52,835

18.4440 NOK

NOK 0.25 Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58,843

18.3814 NOK

(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:

20 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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