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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DS
SMITH 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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17
Apr 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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YES:
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disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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MONDI PLC
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO
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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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10p
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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12,340,357
|
0.90%
|
14,527,574
|
1.05%
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(2)
|
Cash-settled derivatives:
|
|
|
|
|
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and/or controlled:
|
|
|
11,327,685
|
0.82%
|
10,683,452
|
0.77%
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(3)
|
Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
agreements to purchase/sell:
|
|
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0
|
0.00%
|
0
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0.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TOTAL:
|
|
|
23,668,042
|
1.72%
|
25,211,026
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1.83%
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(b)
|
Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and other executive
|
|
|
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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|
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Class of
relevant
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Purchase/sale
|
Number of
|
Price per
unit
|
security
|
|
securities
|
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
379,766
|
3.9798 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
363,500
|
3.9768 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
358,127
|
3.9716 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
298,131
|
3.9738 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
291,116
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
178,417
|
3.9771 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
153,229
|
3.9754 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
140,817
|
3.9756 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
128,914
|
3.9860 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
120,729
|
3.9711 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
88,799
|
4.0040 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
64,384
|
3.9790 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
63,500
|
3.9736 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
57,427
|
3.9682 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
50,476
|
3.9734 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
46,370
|
3.9792 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
39,418
|
3.9778 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
33,294
|
3.9582 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
32,107
|
3.9747 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
28,638
|
3.9791 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
21,750
|
3.9520 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
20,901
|
3.9719 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
19,250
|
3.9724 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
14,720
|
3.9757 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
14,689
|
3.9800 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
13,668
|
3.9820 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
13,183
|
3.9826 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
11,114
|
3.9782 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
10,766
|
3.9968 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
8,135
|
3.9814 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
7,836
|
3.9899 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
7,825
|
3.9733 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
7,809
|
3.9680 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
7,767
|
3.9816 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
5,867
|
3.9550 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
5,295
|
3.9728 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,947
|
3.9660 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,618
|
3.9712 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,585
|
3.9360 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,400
|
3.9840 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,086
|
3.9714 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2,262
|
3.9700 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2,100
|
3.9769 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,571
|
3.9701 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,538
|
3.9760 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,471
|
3.9637 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,097
|
3.9640 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,065
|
3.9740 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
980
|
3.9674 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
839
|
3.9356 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
700
|
3.9802 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
694
|
3.9980 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
673
|
3.9920 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
550
|
3.9859 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
367
|
3.9260 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
38
|
3.9708 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
30
|
3.9618 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1
|
3.9780 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1
|
3.9420 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
591,862
|
3.9795 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
473,742
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
419,700
|
3.9652 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
258,749
|
3.9719 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
154,383
|
3.9712 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
100,000
|
3.9713 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
90,640
|
3.9810 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
47,077
|
3.9811 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
36,140
|
3.9606 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
33,903
|
4.0040 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
23,269
|
3.9733 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
20,854
|
3.9805 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
17,678
|
3.9723 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
16,706
|
3.9791 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
12,759
|
3.9725 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
12,680
|
3.9703 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
12,459
|
3.9614 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
9,830
|
3.9860 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
9,603
|
3.9722 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
8,048
|
3.9653 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
7,809
|
3.9680 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
7,167
|
3.9768 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
6,595
|
3.9818 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
5,080
|
3.9820 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
4,654
|
3.9700 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
4,574
|
3.9683 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
4,354
|
3.9682 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,226
|
3.9762 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,161
|
3.9709 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,045
|
3.9809 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,702
|
3.9868 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,551
|
3.9962 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,511
|
3.9660 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,361
|
3.9417 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,612
|
3.9740 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,538
|
3.9760 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,348
|
4.0060 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,286
|
4.0057 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,211
|
3.9880 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,097
|
3.9640 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,087
|
3.9803 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
969
|
3.9790 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
839
|
3.9360 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
816
|
3.9730 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
691
|
3.9800 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
480
|
3.9690 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1
|
3.9780 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1
|
3.9420 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
Sale
|
-38
|
3.9708 GBP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
Cash-settled derivative transactions
|
|
Class of
|
Product
|
Nature of
dealing
|
Number of
|
Price per
|
relevant
|
description
|
|
reference
|
unit
|
security
|
|
|
securities
|
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Closing
Long
|
1,726
|
3.9267 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
367
|
3.9260 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
700
|
3.9802 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
803
|
3.9726 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
1,395
|
3.9800 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
1,436
|
3.9660 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
11,114
|
3.9782 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
13,183
|
3.9826 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
29,078
|
3.9809 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
34,007
|
3.9687 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
45,085
|
3.9707 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
51,544
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
54,684
|
3.9713 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
58,463
|
3.9721 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
109,063
|
3.9718 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
120,729
|
3.9711 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
126,848
|
3.9730 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
148,223
|
3.9723 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
178,417
|
3.9771 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
315,878
|
3.9810 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
363,500
|
3.9768 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
1
|
3.9400 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
374
|
3.9379 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
917
|
3.9710 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,286
|
4.0057 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
3,091
|
3.9707 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
6,969
|
3.9694 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
16,920
|
3.9694 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
18,903
|
3.9687 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
53,641
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
66,332
|
3.9478 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
150,019
|
3.9607 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
154,383
|
3.9712 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
547
|
3.9740 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
580
|
3.9790 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
816
|
3.9730 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
1,897
|
3.9696 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
2,702
|
3.9868 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
3,226
|
3.9762 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
3,331
|
3.9704 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
4,354
|
3.9682 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
4,574
|
3.9683 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
6,244
|
3.9703 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
7,276
|
3.9782 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
75,746
|
3.9715 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
90,967
|
3.9795 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
126,127
|
3.9713 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
235,575
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
374
|
3.9379 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
500
|
3.9756 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
954
|
3.9673 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
3,086
|
3.9714 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
3,887
|
3.9967 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
6,879
|
3.9968 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
7,825
|
3.9733 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
8,521
|
3.9982 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
10,475
|
3.9267 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
20,901
|
3.9719 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
21,750
|
3.9519 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
50,476
|
3.9734 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
52,674
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
152,460
|
3.9720 GBP
|
10p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Opening
Long
|
49,707
|
3.9728 GBP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
|
|
(i)
|
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
|
|
Class
|
Product
|
Writing,
|
Number
|
Exercise
|
Type
|
Expiry
|
Option
|
of
|
description
|
purchasing,
|
of
|
price
|
|
date
|
money
|
relevant
|
|
selling,
|
securities
|
per unit
|
|
|
paid/
|
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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NO
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Date of disclosure:
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18 Apr 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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