FORM 8.3
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE
BY
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A
PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1%
OR
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MORE
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Rule 8.3 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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Full name of discloser:
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Barclays PLC.
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(b)
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Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from
1(a):
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(c)
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
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JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
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(d)
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If
an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
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(e)
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Date position held/dealing undertaken:
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02
Aug 2024
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(f)
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In
addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making
disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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NO
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2.
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POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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(a)
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if
any)
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Class of relevant security:
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4
2/7p ordinary
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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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30,232,885
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4.37%
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5,328,347
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0.77%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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5,064,107
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0.73%
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28,978,576
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4.19%
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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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1,170,670
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0.17%
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TOTAL:
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35,296,992
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5.10%
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35,477,593
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5.13%
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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 PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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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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Number of
securities
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Price per
unit
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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282,942
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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200,000
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1.9809 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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126,040
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1.9738 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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100,000
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1.9788 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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85,208
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1.9721 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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40,701
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1.9960 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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22,746
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1.9885 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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19,436
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1.9997 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,185
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1.9829 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,422
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2.0031 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,349
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1.9966 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,872
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1.9820 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,000
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2.0020 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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553
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1.9946 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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271
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2.0080 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,695,839
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1.9990 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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354,848
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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59,408
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1.9704 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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58,980
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1.9855 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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52,799
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1.9714 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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43,135
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1.9814 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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37,182
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1.9812 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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24,117
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1.9811 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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18,779
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1.9846 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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12,934
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1.9801 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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10,995
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1.9820 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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9,363
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1.9813 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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5,908
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1.9819 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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5,581
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1.9800 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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5,203
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1.9775 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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5,135
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1.9989 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,425
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1.9937 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,762
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1.9804 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,702
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1.9830 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,693
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1.9777 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,217
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1.9724 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,003
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1.9907 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,551
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1.9967 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,349
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2.0080 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,000
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2.0020 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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819
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1.9850 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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438
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1.9936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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410
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1.9910 GBP
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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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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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2,500
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1.9800 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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15,388
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1.9728 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Long
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165,344
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Long
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25,000
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1.9789 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Long
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5,111
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1.9910 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Long
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438
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1.9936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Long
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160,851
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Long
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5,326
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1.9872 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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900
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1.9896 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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100
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1.9910 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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154
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1.9698 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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58
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1.9920 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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55
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1.9940 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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3,217
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1.9724 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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3,762
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1.9804 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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4,425
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1.9937 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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180,861
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Long
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35,740
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1.9801 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Closing
Long
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5,546
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1.9936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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33,705
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1.9704 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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442
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1.9825 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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5,098
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1.9989 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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37
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1.9989 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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58,980
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1.9855 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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65
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1.9952 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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37,696
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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30,000
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1.9788 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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60,000
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1.9809 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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22,746
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1.9885 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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3,702
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1.9830 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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4,246
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1.9868 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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36,455
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1.9970 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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35,000
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1.9798 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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27,000
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1.9936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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52,799
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1.9714 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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19,702
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1.9829 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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24,117
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1.9811 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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5,908
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1.9819 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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553
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1.9946 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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18,779
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1.9846 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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131
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1.9956 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,695,839
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1.9990 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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26,036
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1.9700 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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70,000
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1.9788 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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140,000
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1.9809 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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19,436
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1.9997 GBP
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(c)
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Stock-settled derivative transactions
(including options)
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(i)
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Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class
of
relevant
security
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Product
description
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Writing,
purchasing,
selling,
varying etc
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Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
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Exercise
price
per unit
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Type
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Expiry
date
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Option
money
paid/
received
per unit
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(ii)
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Exercising
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Class of relevant
security
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Product
description
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Exercising/ exercised
against
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Number of
securities
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Exercise price per
unit
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(d)
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Other dealings (including subscribing for
new securities)
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Class of relevant
security
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Nature of
Dealings
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Details
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Price per unit (if
applicable)
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4.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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(a)
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Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
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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 person making the
disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to
the offer:
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NONE
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(b)
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Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options
or
derivatives
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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:
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NONE
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(c)
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Attachments
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Is
a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
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YES
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Date of disclosure:
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05 Aug 2024
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Contact name:
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Large Holdings Regulatory
Operations
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Telephone number:
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020 3134
7213
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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN
POSITIONS)
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DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND
DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
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PURCHASE OR SELL
ETC.
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Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the
Takeover Code (the "Code")
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1. KEY INFORMATION
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Identity of the person whose positions/dealings
are being disclosed:
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Barclays PLC.
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this from relates:
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JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
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2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
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Class
of
relevant
security
|
Product
description
|
Writing,
purchasing,
selling,
varying etc
|
Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
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Exercise
price
per unit
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Type
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Expiry
date
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Call
Options
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Written
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-1,170,670
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1.7390
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European
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08-May-25
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3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL
ETC.
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Full details should be given so that the nature of the
interest or position can be fully understood:
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