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FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a
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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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17
Jul 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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28,367,153
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4.10%
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6,202,456
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0.90%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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5,858,883
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0.85%
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27,581,085
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3.99%
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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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1,170,351
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0.17%
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TOTAL:
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34,226,036
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4.95%
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34,953,892
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5.05%
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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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1,000,000
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2.0270 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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500,000
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2.0163 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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183,572
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2.0454 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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183,572
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2.0412 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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179,383
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2.0471 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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146,858
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2.0512 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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92,723
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2.0475 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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50,860
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2.0460 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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50,358
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2.0451 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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41,827
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2.0455 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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37,962
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2.0473 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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30,172
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2.0416 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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22,952
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2.0400 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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21,070
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2.0461 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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16,090
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2.0502 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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14,974
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2.0428 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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14,308
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2.0450 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,186
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2.0420 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,656
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2.0445 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,594
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2.0439 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,144
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2.0458 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,466
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2.0457 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,361
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2.0390 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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786
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2.0444 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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443
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2.0490 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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107
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2.0438 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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47,160
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2.0401 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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38,273
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2.0458 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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35,197
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2.0461 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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26,799
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2.0465 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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26,252
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2.0406 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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25,915
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2.0478 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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12,132
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2.0500 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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10,446
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2.0420 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,797
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2.0421 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,468
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2.0459 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,434
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2.0400 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,944
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2.0300 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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629
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2.0359 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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243
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2.0380 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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44
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2.0430 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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32
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2.0560 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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30
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2.0440 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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84,221
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2.0482 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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360
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2.0363 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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668
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2.0461 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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33
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2.0500 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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4,860
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2.0473 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Closing
Long
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21,803
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2.0460 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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11,500
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2.0500 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Long
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18,795
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2.0464 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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42,149
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2.0463 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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2,531
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2.0540 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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3,468
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2.0459 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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25,915
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2.0478 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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632
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2.0500 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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143,000
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2.0163 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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286,000
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2.0270 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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41,827
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2.0455 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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31,149
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2.0459 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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13,793
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2.0474 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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183,572
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2.0412 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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183,572
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2.0454 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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146,858
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2.0512 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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5,422
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2.0429 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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786
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2.0444 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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12,197
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2.0460 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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12,209
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2.0462 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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74,847
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2.0481 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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443
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2.0490 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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245
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2.0520 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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1,664
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2.0420 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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8,320
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2.0428 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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6,656
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2.0445 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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31,000
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2.0401 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Long
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219
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2.0456 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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14,308
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2.0450 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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894
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2.0465 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,944
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2.0300 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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629
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2.0360 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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357,000
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2.0163 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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714,000
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2.0270 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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20,980
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2.0460 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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11,505
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2.0468 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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37,962
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2.0473 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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26 Jul 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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-1,170,351
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1.7390
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European
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08 May
2025
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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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