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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 |
02 Jul 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 |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled |
1,096,092 |
1.28% |
625,926 |
0.73% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives |
347,142 |
0.41% |
933,271 |
1.09% |
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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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1,443,234 |
1.69% |
1,559,197 |
1.83% |
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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 |
9 |
61.8138 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
13 |
61.8493 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
17 |
61.8250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
20 |
61.9175 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
27 |
61.8750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
41 |
61.7731 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
49 |
61.7750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
58 |
61.7250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
66 |
61.8000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
80 |
61.7812 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
91 |
61.8500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
91 |
61.8492 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
95 |
61.7800 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
99 |
61.9074 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
105 |
61.9733 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
107 |
61.6691 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
107 |
62.0107 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
111 |
61.7436 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
112 |
61.8843 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
113 |
62.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
113 |
61.7946 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
114 |
61.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
120 |
61.9245 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
153 |
61.9444 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
161 |
61.8183 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
161 |
61.9670 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
209 |
61.9480 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
215 |
61.9753 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
234 |
62.0500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
287 |
61.8970 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
309 |
61.6917 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
319 |
61.7542 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
344 |
62.0096 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
537 |
61.9624 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
614 |
61.7026 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
832 |
61.9925 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
837 |
61.7120 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
888 |
61.9596 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
899 |
61.9515 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,004 |
61.9309 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,296 |
62.1038 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,326 |
62.0111 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,567 |
61.9004 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,735 |
62.0775 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,709 |
61.7000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
3,789 |
61.9043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4,259 |
61.7913 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4,845 |
61.8038 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
5,760 |
61.8990 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,336 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,428 |
61.9500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,811 |
61.8093 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
19,858 |
61.8956 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
7 |
62.1500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
13 |
61.8877 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
13 |
61.7991 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
15 |
61.8873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17 |
61.8250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
27 |
61.8878 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
29 |
61.8989 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
31 |
61.5954 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
33 |
61.8875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
36 |
61.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
36 |
61.9750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
39 |
61.9865 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
40 |
61.9250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
49 |
61.7357 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
60 |
62.0008 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
64 |
61.7730 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
70 |
61.9985 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
71 |
61.8566 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
83 |
61.8051 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
114 |
61.7561 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
124 |
62.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
139 |
61.7000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
149 |
61.8648 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
200 |
62.1250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
276 |
61.8268 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
309 |
61.6916 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
329 |
61.7973 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
409 |
61.9123 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
707 |
61.8548 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
709 |
61.8663 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
941 |
61.8500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,096 |
62.1000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,178 |
61.8421 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,265 |
61.7199 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,414 |
61.8560 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,905 |
62.0875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,720 |
61.8155 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
4,323 |
61.7463 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
7,651 |
61.9472 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
18,883 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
40,000 |
61.9309 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 |
Decreasing Long |
3,789 |
61.9043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
43 |
61.8492 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1,567 |
61.9004 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
234 |
61.8954 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
155 |
61.8992 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
453 |
61.8832 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
55 |
61.8923 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,414 |
61.8560 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,178 |
61.8421 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,882 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,777 |
61.8959 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
611 |
61.8780 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
37 |
61.7912 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
510 |
61.7912 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
9,800 |
61.9384 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
2,980 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
20,000 |
61.9743 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
41 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
27 |
61.8877 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
10 |
61.8874 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
706 |
61.8548 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
23 |
61.8874 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
1 |
61.8548 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
15 |
61.8873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
13 |
61.8876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
9 |
61.8492 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
39 |
61.8492 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
99 |
61.9074 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
7,811 |
61.8093 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
11 |
61.9175 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
29 |
61.8990 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
709 |
61.8663 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
338 |
61.8284 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
45 |
61.7482 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
20,000 |
61.8876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
450 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
3 |
61.9175 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
6 |
61.9175 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
31 |
61.5953 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,358 |
61.8833 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
777 |
61.7040 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
245 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
832 |
61.9925 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,389 |
61.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
834 |
61.9084 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,259 |
61.7913 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
182 |
61.8741 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
113 |
61.7946 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
149 |
61.8647 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
153 |
61.9444 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,720 |
61.8155 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,845 |
61.8038 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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Product description |
Exercising/exercised |
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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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(c) Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? |
NO |
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Date of disclosure |
03 Jul 2026 |
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Contact name |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
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Telephone number |
020 3134 7213 |
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