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FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a, 3a and 3b
Replaces form to Released at 02/07/2024 15:14 RNS Number :
8494U
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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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DARKTRACE 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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01
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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1p
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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24,441,842
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3.49%
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423,195
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0.06%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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47,535
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0.01%
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23,827,167
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3.40%
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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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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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24,489,377
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3.50%
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24,250,362
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3.46%
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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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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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290,835
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5.7935 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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281,068
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5.7711 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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123,902
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5.7740 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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122,456
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5.7714 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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98,046
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5.7685 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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93,148
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5.7674 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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70,269
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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56,808
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5.7761 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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45,475
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5.7629 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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41,755
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5.7719 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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38,768
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5.7706 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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24,000
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5.7748 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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24,000
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5.7724 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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23,904
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5.7688 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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19,704
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5.7677 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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19,602
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5.7696 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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17,166
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5.7913 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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14,055
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5.7620 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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10,240
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5.7694 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,986
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5.7720 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,583
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5.7840 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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6,716
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5.7598 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,879
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5.7705 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,287
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5.7773 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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2,088
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5.7742 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,735
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5.7600 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,563
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5.7800 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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919
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5.7530 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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680
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5.7760 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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569
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5.7640 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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521
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5.7763 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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350
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5.7700 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Purchase
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163
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5.7820 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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160,000
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5.7708 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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125,367
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5.7740 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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117,129
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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97,704
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5.7691 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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94,239
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5.7667 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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60,240
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5.7714 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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18,515
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5.7605 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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16,770
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5.7673 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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12,234
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5.7746 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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10,146
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5.7800 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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9,444
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5.7705 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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8,065
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5.7719 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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7,896
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5.7710 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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7,004
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5.7776 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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6,461
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5.7735 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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5,463
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5.7792 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,822
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5.7731 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,667
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5.7743 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,608
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5.7701 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,600
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5.7882 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,482
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5.7726 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,897
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5.7620 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,894
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5.7614 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,735
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5.7600 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,643
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5.7715 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,475
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5.7762 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,252
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5.7621 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,229
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5.7730 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,143
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5.7788 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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959
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5.7685 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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849
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5.7779 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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680
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5.7760 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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569
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5.7640 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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351
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5.7460 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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347
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5.7700 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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200
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5.7664 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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Sale
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163
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5.7820 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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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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76
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5.7779 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Short
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6,546
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5.7735 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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801
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5.7085 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Long
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15,786
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Long
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9,390
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5.7682 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Closing
Long
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1,279
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5.7745 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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21,944
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5.7688 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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16,770
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5.7673 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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21,868
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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55,073
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5.7720 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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3,822
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5.7731 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,475
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5.7762 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,771
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5.7776 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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6,716
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5.7598 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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3,033
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5.7663 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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31,987
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5.7673 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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19,275
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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82,500
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5.7711 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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48,000
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5.7736 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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808
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5.7761 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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521
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5.7763 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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17,166
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5.7913 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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6,461
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5.7735 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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8
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5.7639 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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139
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5.7799 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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10,240
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5.7699 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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959
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5.7685 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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56,983
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5.7725 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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513
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5.7740 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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1,143
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5.7788 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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12,803
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5.7620 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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26,642
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5.7680 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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192,500
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5.7711 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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112,000
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5.7737 GBP
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1p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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6,320
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5.8870 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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NO
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Date of disclosure:
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31 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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