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FORM 8.3 |
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IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL |
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OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER |
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RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE |
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1. KEY INFORMATION |
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(a) Full name of discloser |
Barclays PLC. |
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(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a) |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates |
DCC PLC |
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1) |
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken |
20 May 2026 |
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(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
NO |
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2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS |
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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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(Note 2) |
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Class of relevant security (Note 3) |
€0.25OrdinaryShares |
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Interests |
Short positions |
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Number |
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Number |
(%) |
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled |
1,058,781 |
1.24% |
1,060,883 |
1.24% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives |
507,257 |
0.59% |
890,049 |
1.04% |
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
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TOTAL: |
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1,566,038 |
1.83% |
1,950,932 |
2.28% |
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4) |
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(a) Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant security |
Purchase/sale |
Number of securities |
Price per unit(Note 5) |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
3 |
61.4500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4 |
61.2600 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
9 |
61.0500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
10 |
61.1750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
13 |
61.3500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
15 |
61.2493 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
22 |
61.2591 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
30 |
61.1000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
46 |
61.2571 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
64 |
61.2000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
69 |
61.0750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
83 |
61.3451 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
91 |
61.1452 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
120 |
61.1500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
120 |
61.3019 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
145 |
61.2279 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
202 |
61.3950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
232 |
61.2036 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
272 |
61.1268 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
319 |
61.2678 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
331 |
61.2496 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
368 |
61.2613 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
369 |
61.2636 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
390 |
61.4523 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
425 |
61.1972 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
505 |
61.2368 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
723 |
61.4087 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
738 |
61.3810 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
838 |
61.2592 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
896 |
61.3503 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
932 |
61.1392 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
986 |
61.2622 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,171 |
61.1922 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,254 |
61.2306 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,425 |
61.3502 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,490 |
61.2640 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,965 |
61.2544 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,051 |
61.2560 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,055 |
61.4096 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
5,192 |
61.3209 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
5,224 |
61.3193 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
11,384 |
61.3035 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
19,022 |
61.2866 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
71,615 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1 |
61.4500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
10 |
61.2550 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
13 |
61.2400 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
30 |
61.1833 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
36 |
61.0750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
50 |
61.1000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
59 |
61.1822 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
63 |
61.2000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
64 |
61.2648 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
66 |
61.1518 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
76 |
61.2407 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
88 |
61.2687 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
101 |
61.1876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
104 |
61.2927 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
109 |
61.2639 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
160 |
61.1500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
163 |
61.2444 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
184 |
61.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
202 |
61.2100 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
262 |
61.2062 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
324 |
61.2377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
368 |
61.2631 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
375 |
61.3191 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
483 |
61.2490 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
525 |
61.3072 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
569 |
61.2642 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
689 |
61.3274 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,340 |
61.2855 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,914 |
61.2079 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,192 |
61.2561 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,603 |
61.2433 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,701 |
61.2124 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,909 |
61.2866 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,162 |
61.2408 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,831 |
61.1381 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
5,587 |
61.0276 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
12,769 |
61.2519 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
15,091 |
61.2721 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
16,499 |
61.2457 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
26,991 |
61.2500 GBP |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of relevant security |
Product description |
Nature of dealing |
Number of reference securities (Note 6) |
Price per unit(Note 5) |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
16,499 |
61.2457 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
29 |
61.2639 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
13 |
61.2496 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
212 |
61.2369 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
5,587 |
61.0276 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
225 |
61.2527 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
356 |
61.2113 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
237 |
61.2113 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,108 |
61.2383 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
73 |
61.2129 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
7 |
61.2526 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
403 |
61.2526 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,909 |
61.2866 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
483 |
61.2490 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
21,324 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
5,365 |
61.2611 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
8,839 |
61.2461 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Long |
419 |
61.4950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
2,009 |
61.2788 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
1,965 |
61.2544 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
9,314 |
61.3339 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
1 |
61.2000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
93 |
61.2377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
495 |
61.2591 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
6 |
61.2399 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
317 |
61.2496 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
7 |
61.2399 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1 |
61.2496 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
76 |
61.2407 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
986 |
61.2622 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
75 |
61.2369 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
4 |
61.2600 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
343 |
61.2591 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
932 |
61.1393 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
9 |
61.2639 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
22 |
61.2590 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
1,263 |
61.2408 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
1,899 |
61.2408 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
132 |
61.2377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
71 |
61.2639 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
218 |
61.2369 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
99 |
61.2377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
2,701 |
61.2124 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
49 |
61.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,055 |
61.4096 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
403 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
375 |
61.3191 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
508 |
61.2803 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
104 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
390 |
61.4523 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,051 |
61.2560 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
15 |
61.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
120 |
61.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,582 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
15 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,896 |
61.3228 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
391 |
61.3274 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
298 |
61.3274 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,657 |
61.3136 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
772 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
298 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
390 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
101 |
61.1876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,254 |
61.2306 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
3,463 |
61.2524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,192 |
61.3209 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
325 |
61.2483 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
389 |
61.2128 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1,325 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1,171 |
61.1922 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
110 |
61.1500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
11,384 |
61.3035 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
3,831 |
61.1381 GBP |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class of |
Product description |
Writing, purchasing, |
Number of securities |
Exercise price |
Type |
Expiry date |
Option money |
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relevant security |
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selling, |
to which option |
per unit |
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paid/received per unit |
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varying etc. |
relates (Note 6) |
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(ii) Exercise |
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Class of |
Product description |
Exercising/exercised |
Number of |
Exercise price per |
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relevant security |
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against |
securities |
unit (Note 5) |
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3) |
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Class of |
Nature of dealing |
Details |
Price per unit |
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relevant security |
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(if applicable) (Note 5) |
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4. OTHER INFORMATION |
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 or refrain from dealing |
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entered into by the person 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) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing |
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and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option |
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referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any |
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relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this |
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should be stated |
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NONE |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? |
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Date of disclosure |
15 Jun 2026 |
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Contact name |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
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020 3134 7213 |
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