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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06
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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17,497,818
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2.53%
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5,519,649
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0.80%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
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and/or controlled:
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5,328,007
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0.77%
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16,794,271
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2.43%
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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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1,170,323
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0.17%
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TOTAL:
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22,825,825
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3.30%
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23,484,243
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3.39%
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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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1,445,367
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2.0290 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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627,459
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2.0412 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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543,932
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2.0167 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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204,282
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2.0356 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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199,851
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2.0300 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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198,533
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2.0191 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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153,887
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2.0336 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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105,955
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2.0372 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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102,531
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2.0080 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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101,128
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2.0466 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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67,526
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2.0347 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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66,132
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2.0341 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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63,581
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2.0492 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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36,930
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2.0014 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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36,877
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2.0140 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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35,930
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2.0346 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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33,916
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2.0291 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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30,575
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2.0308 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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29,020
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2.0219 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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24,563
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2.0242 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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19,969
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2.0400 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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17,902
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2.0317 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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14,000
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2.0392 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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12,759
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2.0229 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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11,212
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2.0331 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,873
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2.0231 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,916
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2.0169 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,428
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2.0276 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,739
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2.0416 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,237
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2.0154 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,197
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2.0390 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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5,471
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2.0315 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,318
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2.0149 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,977
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2.0389 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,538
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2.0360 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,411
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2.0243 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,026
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2.0103 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,349
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2.0320 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,084
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2.0232 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,870
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2.0108 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,071
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2.0160 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
|
897
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2.0222 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
|
893
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2.0560 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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801
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2.0220 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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732
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2.0440 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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406
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2.0161 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Purchase
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255
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2.0426 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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271,605
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2.0390 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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228,888
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2.0266 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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210,225
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2.0079 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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101,441
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2.0080 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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96,898
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2.0332 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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88,911
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2.0267 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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74,997
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2.0139 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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35,512
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2.0140 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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28,745
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2.0334 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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26,194
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2.0180 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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20,159
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2.0162 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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14,065
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2.0200 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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7,108
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2.0259 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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4,555
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2.0387 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,999
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2.0228 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,538
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2.0360 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,282
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2.0302 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,140
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2.0160 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,389
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2.0196 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,162
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2.0446 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,071
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2.0275 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,906
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2.0400 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,691
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2.0419 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,423
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2.0347 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,296
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2.0610 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,279
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2.0292 GBP
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4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,243
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2.0409 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,208
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2.0175 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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835
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2.0545 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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798
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2.0380 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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79
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2.0120 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,008
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2.0068 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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Closing
Long
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25,942
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2.0080 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Closing
Long
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70,353
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2.0303 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Closing
Long
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75,590
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2.0248 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
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Closing
Short
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631
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2.0080 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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255
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2.0426 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
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Decreasing Long
|
406
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2.0161 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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724
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2.0435 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
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Decreasing Long
|
1,170
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2.0400 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
3,026
|
2.0103 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
3,420
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2.0477 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
4,318
|
2.0149 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
6,237
|
2.0154 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
26,669
|
2.0080 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
59,299
|
2.0586 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
63,581
|
2.0492 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
95,814
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2.0467 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
198,533
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2.0191 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
228
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2.0560 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
700
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2.0361 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,046
|
2.0347 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,279
|
2.0292 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,296
|
2.0610 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
2,169
|
2.0486 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
3,591
|
2.0157 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
4,300
|
2.0284 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
4,999
|
2.0368 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
5,000
|
2.0357 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
5,415
|
2.0400 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
7,345
|
2.0373 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
10,000
|
2.0398 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
96,898
|
2.0332 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
118,474
|
2.0120 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
1,208
|
2.0175 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
1,691
|
2.0419 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
2,389
|
2.0196 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
4,179
|
2.0232 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
11,628
|
2.0276 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
20,159
|
2.0162 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
78,147
|
2.0310 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
134,934
|
2.0241 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
210,225
|
2.0079 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
200
|
2.0130 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
1,312
|
2.0400 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
1,749
|
2.0292 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
2,092
|
2.0347 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
4,163
|
2.0315 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
4,418
|
2.0234 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
6,197
|
2.0390 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
36,930
|
2.0014 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
45,000
|
2.0173 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
47,397
|
2.0333 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
63,454
|
2.0325 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
103,688
|
2.0171 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
105,955
|
2.0372 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
118,474
|
2.0120 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
153,887
|
2.0336 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
204,282
|
2.0356 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
407,601
|
2.0080 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
627,459
|
2.0412 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
1,445,367
|
2.0290 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Opening
Long
|
1,221
|
2.0119 GBP
|
4 2/7p
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Opening
Long
|
10,392
|
2.0079 GBP
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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(c)
|
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
|
|
(i)
|
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
|
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Class
|
Product
|
Writing,
|
Number
|
Exercise
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Type
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Expiry
|
Option
|
of
|
description
|
purchasing,
|
of
|
price
|
|
date
|
money
|
relevant
|
|
selling,
|
securities
|
per unit
|
|
|
paid/
|
security
|
|
varying etc
|
to which
|
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received
|
|
|
|
option
|
|
|
|
per unit
|
|
|
|
relates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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(ii)
|
Exercising
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Class of
relevant
|
Product
description
|
Exercising/ exercised
against
|
Number of
|
Exercise price
per
|
security
|
|
|
securities
|
unit
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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(d)
|
Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
|
|
Class of
relevant
|
Nature of
Dealings
|
Details
|
Price per unit
(if
|
security
|
|
|
applicable)
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
(a)
|
Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
|
|
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 exempt principal trader
making the disclosure and any party
|
|
to
the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the
offer:
|
|
|
|
NONE
|
(b)
|
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options
or derivatives
|
|
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal
or informal, between
|
|
|
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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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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07 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
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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.
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KEY
INFORMATION
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Identity of the person whose
positions/dealings
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Barclays PLC.
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are
being disclosed:
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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 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
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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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-1,170,323
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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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