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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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03
Jun 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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14,407,133
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2.08%
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5,354,318
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0.77%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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5,181,573
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0.75%
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13,522,814
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1.95%
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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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1,170,348
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0.17%
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TOTAL:
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19,588,706
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2.83%
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20,047,480
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2.90%
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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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224,897
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1.7940 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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145,021
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1.7909 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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109,542
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1.7968 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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105,671
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1.8077 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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100,000
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1.7935 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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92,073
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1.7899 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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83,322
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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79,166
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1.7982 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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72,030
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1.8007 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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55,793
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1.7984 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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44,719
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1.7949 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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41,853
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1.7965 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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30,229
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1.8306 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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24,436
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1.8099 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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18,820
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1.8037 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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18,542
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1.7942 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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17,563
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1.7975 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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12,662
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1.7973 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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9,012
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1.7820 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,241
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1.8280 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,307
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1.8123 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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5,100
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1.8333 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,792
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1.8067 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,690
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1.7957 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,645
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1.8116 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,047
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1.8375 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,946
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1.7901 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,910
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1.8117 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,552
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1.8322 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,726
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1.7960 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,592
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1.8435 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,568
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1.7990 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,351
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1.8445 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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552
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1.8230 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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336
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1.7894 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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121
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1.8072 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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44
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1.8131 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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528,404
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1.7690 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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476,272
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1.7946 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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139,298
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1.8101 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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96,944
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1.7922 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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79,657
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1.8105 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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71,787
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1.7978 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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70,273
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1.7945 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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49,135
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1.8027 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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38,298
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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37,885
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1.8009 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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33,000
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1.8091 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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29,277
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1.8098 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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27,646
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1.8306 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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27,533
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1.8138 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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24,092
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1.8104 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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18,562
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1.7966 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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11,152
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1.8032 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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8,463
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1.8280 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,741
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1.8148 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,661
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1.7878 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,954
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1.8161 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,261
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1.8217 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,920
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1.7991 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,868
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1.8375 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,701
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1.7930 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,630
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1.8167 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,585
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1.7972 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,318
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1.7860 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,134
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1.8305 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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243
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1.7990 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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178
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1.7943 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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5
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1.8342 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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Decreasing Long
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44
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1.8131 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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121
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1.8072 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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704
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1.8340 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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2,162
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1.7940 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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2,583
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1.8306 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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41,853
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1.7943 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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49,673
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,585
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1.7972 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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2,828
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1.8233 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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3,000
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1.8358 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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17,016
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1.8071 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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17,747
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1.8065 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Short
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27,501
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1.7964 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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27,533
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1.8138 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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33,984
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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79,657
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1.8105 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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528,404
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1.7690 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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243
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1.7990 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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2,261
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1.8217 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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3,049
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1.8188 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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8,621
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1.8001 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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37,885
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1.8009 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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40,514
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1.8032 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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552
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1.8230 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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702
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1.7964 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,277
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1.8076 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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3,257
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1.8134 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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9,012
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1.7820 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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23,929
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1.7902 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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105,301
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1.7924 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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106,152
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1.7923 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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515
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1.8370 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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04 Jun 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
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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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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Call
Options
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Written
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-1,170,348
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1.7390
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European
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TBD
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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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