FORM 8.5
(EPT/NON-RI)
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION
DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
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EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
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(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT
APPLICABLE)
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Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code
(the "Code")
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1.
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KEY
INFORMATION
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(a)
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Name of exempt principal trader:
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BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
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(b)
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
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BHP
GROUP LTD
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(c)
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Name of the party to the offer with which exempt
principal trader is connected
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BHP
GROUP LTD
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(d)
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Date position held/dealing undertaken:
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14 May 2024
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(e)
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In
addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to
the offer?
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YES:
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC
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2.
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POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(a)
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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:
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Ordinary NPV
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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(%)
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Number
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(%)
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(1)
Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
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11,952,170
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0.24%
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7,055,855
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0.14%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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5,714,742
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0.11%
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8,669,140
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0.17%
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(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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17,666,912
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0.35%
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15,724,995
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0.31%
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(b)
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Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and other executive options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
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Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
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3.
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DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL
TRADER
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(a)
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Purchase and sales
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Class of relevant
security
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Purchase/sale
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Total number of
securities
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Highest price per unit
paid/received
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Lowest price per unit
paid/received
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Ordinary
NPV
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Purchase
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2763281
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23.7063
GBP
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22.8500
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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Sale
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260888
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44.5431
AUD
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43.0085
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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Sale
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975859
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23.6996
GBP
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22.8500
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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Purchase
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501591
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43.1501
AUD
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43.0194
AUD
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(b)
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Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of
relevant
security
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Product
description
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Nature of
dealing
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Number of
reference
securities
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Price per
unit
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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107
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544.8778
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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1,106
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23.3206
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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1,617
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43.0194
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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2,331
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540.8292
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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4,687
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541.4136
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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8,985
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542.9900
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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15,737
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541.3058
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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20,957
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43.1241
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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25,540
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22.9943
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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26,676
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539.3736
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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33,145
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22.8643
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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34,233
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543.2071
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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38,917
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543.7547
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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39,232
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543.4270
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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50,000
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542.7185
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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56,081
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23.4223
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Long
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120,000
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43.1564
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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120,458
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545.1091
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Long
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186,923
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540.2644
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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19
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23.6897
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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45
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22.7700
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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51
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23.3591
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
148
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23.6996
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
208
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23.4388
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
230
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23.6909
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
248
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23.3506
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
309
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23.5202
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
332
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23.4430
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
|
335
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23.6998
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
|
Decreasing
Short
|
338
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23.1068
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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2,000
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23.4541
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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3,182
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22.9923
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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3,500
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23.5921
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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4,670
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23.3313
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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4,687
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541.2512
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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5,431
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23.5687
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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6,745
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23.4248
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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7,058
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23.3855
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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7,373
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23.3817
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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8,985
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542.9900
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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10,572
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23.4417
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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12,000
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23.3626
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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12,852
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23.4381
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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15,737
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541.3058
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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23,377
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23.4307
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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28,519
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23.3908
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Decreasing
Short
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37,347
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23.3928
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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38,917
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543.7547
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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39,232
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543.4270
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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45,779
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23.2790
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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47,912
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23.3814
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Decreasing
Short
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48,232
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23.4194
GBP
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
|
107
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544.6600
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Increasing
Long
|
616
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43.2364
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
|
852
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527.0000
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Increasing
Long
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2,331
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540.6805
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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4,415
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528.8726
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Increasing
Long
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6,600
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44.5431
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
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Increasing
Long
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9,879
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43.0085
AUD
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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12,000
|
23.0673
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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23,026
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536.8210
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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25,849
|
537.8472
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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26,676
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539.2253
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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34,233
|
542.9900
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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SWAP
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Increasing
Long
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50,000
|
542.7185
ZAR
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Ordinary
NPV
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CFD
|
Increasing
Long
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58,372
|
43.1500
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
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Increasing
Long
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120,458
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544.9592
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Long
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186,923
|
540.1158
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Long
|
699,612
|
541.5410
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
6
|
23.5301
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
21
|
23.4500
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
25
|
23.3875
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
97
|
23.4336
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
104
|
23.4388
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
108
|
23.5637
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
146
|
23.3666
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
286
|
43.1264
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
318
|
23.5024
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
396
|
23.0759
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
454
|
23.4140
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
813
|
43.1312
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
852
|
527.0000
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
2,201
|
23.1638
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
2,648
|
23.3538
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
2,669
|
23.0834
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
3,291
|
23.3650
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
4,415
|
528.8726
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
4,452
|
23.3487
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
5,000
|
22.7718
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
6,221
|
43.1246
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
6,716
|
43.1393
AUD
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
10,755
|
23.4402
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
14,765
|
23.3833
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
16,314
|
23.2800
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
18,168
|
23.0782
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
23,026
|
536.8210
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
25,849
|
537.8472
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
28,360
|
23.3707
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
50,000
|
23.3711
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
53,392
|
23.2801
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
56,700
|
23.3215
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
135,246
|
23.2818
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
164,285
|
23.1111
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
213,969
|
23.3966
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
486,107
|
23.3699
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
CFD
|
Increasing
Short
|
640,032
|
23.3772
GBP
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Increasing
Short
|
699,612
|
541.7035
ZAR
|
Ordinary
NPV
|
SWAP
|
Opening
Short
|
52,200
|
23.2800
GBP
|
|
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(c)
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Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
|
(i)
|
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
|
Class
of
relevant
security
|
Product
description
|
Writing,
purchasing,
selling,
varying etc
|
Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
|
Exercise
price
per unit
|
Type
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Expiry
date
|
Option
money
paid/
received
per unit
|
|
|
|
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(ii)
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Exercising
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Class of relevant
security
|
Product
description
|
Exercising/ exercised
against
|
Number of
securities
|
Exercise price per
unit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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(d)
|
Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
|
Class of relevant
security
|
Nature of
Dealings
|
Details
|
Price per unit (if
applicable)
|
|
|
|
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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 exempt principal trader 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
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Is
a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
|
NO
|
Date of disclosure:
|
15 May 2024
|
Contact name:
|
Large Holdings Regulatory
Operations
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Telephone number:
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020 3134
7213
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