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
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positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
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(c)
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
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JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
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relevant securities this form relates:
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(d)
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If
an exempt fund manager connected with an
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offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity
of
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offeror/offeree:
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(e)
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Date position held/dealing undertaken:
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04
Jun 2024
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(f)
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In
addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser
making
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NO
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disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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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
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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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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)
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Relevant securities owned
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and/or controlled:
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14,558,485
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2.10%
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5,451,746
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0.79%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
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and/or controlled:
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5,261,067
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0.76%
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13,662,156
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1.97%
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(3)
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Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
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and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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1,170,349
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0.17%
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TOTAL:
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19,819,552
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2.86%
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20,284,251
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2.93%
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(b)
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Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and other executive
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options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to
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which subscription right exists
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Details, including nature of the rights
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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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Purchases and sales
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Class of
relevant
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Purchase/sale
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Number of
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Price per
unit
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security
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securities
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,763,306
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1.7912 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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90,710
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1.7953 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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78,132
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1.7936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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50,000
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1.7958 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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40,286
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1.8030 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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40,196
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1.7949 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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29,923
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1.7888 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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28,114
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1.7872 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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16,355
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1.7814 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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13,628
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1.7887 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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10,680
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1.7967 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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9,970
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1.7864 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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9,039
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1.7884 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,830
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1.7840 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,754
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1.7909 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,931
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1.7878 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,717
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1.7874 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,702
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1.7930 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,587
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,480
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1.7833 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,300
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1.7756 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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5,833
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1.7938 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,839
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1.7890 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,628
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1.7895 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,137
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1.7836 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,096
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1.7862 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,065
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1.7940 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,663
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1.7818 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,500
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1.7935 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,861
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1.7660 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,834
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1.7943 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,623
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1.7873 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,601
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1.7960 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,494
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1.7845 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,126
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1.7910 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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834
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1.7710 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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449
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1.7789 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,417,606
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1.7898 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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428,047
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1.7926 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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223,755
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1.7996 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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210,702
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1.7935 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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160,600
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1.7950 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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136,682
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1.7930 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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117,479
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1.7934 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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75,623
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1.7912 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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61,557
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1.7900 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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56,826
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1.7892 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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40,431
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1.7951 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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37,289
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1.8030 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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36,949
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1.7965 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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36,769
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1.7924 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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30,189
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1.7933 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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25,700
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1.7913 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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24,720
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1.7908 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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23,766
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1.7815 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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22,466
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1.7936 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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12,533
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1.7819 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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11,587
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1.7911 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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10,626
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1.8029 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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6,512
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1.7861 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,582
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1.7944 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,173
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1.7868 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,985
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1.7822 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,960
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1.7825 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,126
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1.7910 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,085
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1.7660 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,064
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1.8000 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,063
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1.7955 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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834
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1.7710 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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25
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1.7860 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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37
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1.8024 GBP
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(b)
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Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of
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Product
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Nature of
dealing
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Number of
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Price per
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relevant
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description
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reference
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unit
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security
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securities
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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100
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1.7920 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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603
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1.7770 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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3,065
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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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22,427
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1.8030 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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2,766
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1.7853 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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2,985
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1.7822 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Short
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24,631
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1.7986 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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24,720
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1.7908 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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56,826
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1.7892 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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57,144
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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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63,776
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1.8030 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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64,953
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1.8028 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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169
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1.7899 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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2,274
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1.7966 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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2,880
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1.7868 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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3,046
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1.7707 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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10,626
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1.8029 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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17,671
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1.7825 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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30,866
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1.7835 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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38,157
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1.7951 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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116
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1.7789 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,032
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1.7899 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,494
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1.7845 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,601
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1.7960 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,798
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1.7938 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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2,031
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1.7877 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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6,066
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1.7944 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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9,970
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1.7864 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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14,390
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1.7863 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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56,001
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1.7890 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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324,377
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1.7912 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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18,267
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1.7941 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
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Product
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Writing,
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Number
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Exercise
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Type
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Expiry
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Option
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of
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description
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purchasing,
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of
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price
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date
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money
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relevant
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selling,
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securities
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per unit
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paid/
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security
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varying etc
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to which
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received
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option
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per unit
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relates
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(ii)
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Exercising
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Class of
relevant
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Product
description
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Exercising/ exercised
against
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Number of
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Exercise price
per
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security
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securities
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unit
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(d)
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Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
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Class of
relevant
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Nature of
Dealings
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Details
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Price per unit
(if
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security
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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,
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal
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or
refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader
making the disclosure and any party
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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
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the
person making the disclosure and any other person relating
to:
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under
any option; or
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of
any relevant securities to which
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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 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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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
|
Barclays PLC.
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are
being disclosed:
|
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
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JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
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relevant securities this from relates:
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2.
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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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-1,170,349
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1.7390
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European
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08-May-2025
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3.
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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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