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FORM 8.3 |
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IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8590K published at 15:49 on 02/07/2026, changes made to section 3B |
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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 |
01 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 |
1,073,376 |
1.26% |
597,116 |
0.70% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives |
317,389 |
0.37% |
909,891 |
1.07% |
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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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1,390,765 |
1.63% |
1,507,007 |
1.76% |
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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 |
62.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
30 |
61.8533 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
37 |
61.8081 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
40 |
61.1750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
50 |
60.3500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
53 |
62.3500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
53 |
62.4221 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
63 |
61.6092 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
74 |
61.6675 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
78 |
62.1897 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
85 |
60.3000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
85 |
61.0541 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
101 |
57.5043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
166 |
61.8933 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
169 |
58.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
206 |
61.2854 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
211 |
60.8973 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
215 |
61.5876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
222 |
61.2922 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
240 |
61.2750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
261 |
61.8666 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
393 |
60.7604 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
471 |
62.2979 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
603 |
61.8973 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
652 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
656 |
61.4644 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
672 |
61.5163 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,638 |
61.9434 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,794 |
62.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,242 |
60.4938 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,509 |
60.5723 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,681 |
61.6004 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,707 |
61.7936 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
3,797 |
59.5916 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4,000 |
58.5705 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4,211 |
62.1167 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
5,954 |
61.6239 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
6,434 |
59.4687 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
8,248 |
61.5989 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
9,396 |
62.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
9,502 |
60.1738 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
10,000 |
59.7119 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
12,756 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
39,684 |
62.0201 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
43,202 |
60.4808 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
61,861 |
61.3049 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
4 |
61.8000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
4 |
61.5950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
6 |
62.3875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
8 |
61.8843 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
12 |
62.3950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
14 |
61.5878 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
21 |
62.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
21 |
61.4500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
23 |
61.8739 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
33 |
61.7833 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
38 |
61.7652 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
39 |
58.8641 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
50 |
62.4250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
50 |
60.3500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
51 |
60.1500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
70 |
62.3518 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
71 |
61.1514 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
80 |
61.6875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
84 |
61.5876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
100 |
61.9250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
100 |
61.5875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
108 |
61.9921 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
130 |
62.3737 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
143 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
143 |
60.4695 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
146 |
61.7750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
156 |
62.0804 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
163 |
62.1156 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
169 |
58.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
232 |
61.4555 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
298 |
61.6128 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
390 |
61.9592 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
404 |
61.6016 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
423 |
62.0150 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
429 |
62.1065 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
451 |
62.0500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
486 |
62.1000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
514 |
60.4529 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
701 |
62.0298 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
730 |
61.9941 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
735 |
62.1720 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
739 |
61.7204 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
754 |
61.9889 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,177 |
62.0092 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,538 |
61.8279 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,901 |
61.9266 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,151 |
61.8556 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,417 |
61.7428 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,582 |
61.9904 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,848 |
61.6500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,101 |
61.4898 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,733 |
61.7321 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,847 |
61.8637 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
5,000 |
61.4782 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
7,321 |
61.9387 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
9,000 |
60.6564 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
10,000 |
61.7733 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
11,054 |
60.8043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
16,129 |
61.6043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
22,012 |
61.9576 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
22,825 |
61.1822 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
30,441 |
60.3203 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
59,702 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
100,000 |
58.4707 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 |
1,133 |
61.6043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
1 |
62.3950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,681 |
61.6004 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
292 |
61.2872 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
124 |
62.0684 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
47 |
62.1971 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,417 |
61.7428 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,776 |
61.9578 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,362 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,131 |
61.4924 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
10,258 |
61.9052 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
876 |
61.5942 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
447 |
61.3625 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
198 |
61.3625 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
7,646 |
59.9251 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9 |
61.9544 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
10,000 |
59.7119 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
403 |
61.5969 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
5,000 |
61.4783 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
25 |
61.5876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
2,707 |
61.7936 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
739 |
61.7204 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
63 |
61.6092 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
9,956 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,234 |
61.8817 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
14 |
61.5878 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
12 |
61.5875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
411 |
61.5876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
2 |
62.3950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
59 |
61.5876 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
3,805 |
61.5877 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
9 |
62.3950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
37 |
61.8083 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
50,000 |
58.4707 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
50,000 |
58.4707 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
10,467 |
62.0201 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
6,434 |
59.4687 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
232 |
61.4555 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,151 |
61.8556 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
11 |
62.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
14,220 |
60.0231 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
191 |
61.5819 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
198 |
62.0562 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
37 |
62.0562 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
14,730 |
61.9997 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
10,000 |
61.7733 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,000 |
58.5705 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,794 |
60.7577 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
4 |
61.5950 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
824 |
62.0995 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
38 |
61.7655 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
261 |
61.8666 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
6,314 |
61.6030 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
167 |
61.6030 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
786 |
61.2503 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
9,000 |
60.6564 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,797 |
59.5916 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
3,023 |
61.7995 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,733 |
61.7321 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
238 |
60.9821 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
167 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,932 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,101 |
61.4898 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
769 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
63 |
61.5825 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
514 |
60.4529 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
101 |
57.5043 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4,331 |
61.5769 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9,502 |
60.1738 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
108 |
61.9921 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,733 |
61.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
198 |
62.000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
88 |
61.5875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
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Decreasing Short |
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60.3203 GBP |
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60.4808 GBP |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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varying etc. |
relates (Note 6) |
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3) |
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4. OTHER INFORMATION |
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements |
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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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relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this |
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(c) Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? |
NO |
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Date of disclosure |
02 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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