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FORM 8.3
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE
BY
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A
PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1%
OR
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MORE
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Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code
(the "Code")
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1.
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KEY
INFORMATION
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(a)
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Full name of discloser:
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Barclays PLC.
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(b)
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Owner or controller of interest and short
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positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
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(c)
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
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AGEAS SA/NV
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relevant securities this form relates:
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(d)
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If
an exempt fund manager connected with an
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offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity
of
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offeror/offeree:
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(e)
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Date position held/dealing undertaken:
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15
Mar 2024
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(f)
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In
addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser
making
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YES:
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disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
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2.
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POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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(a)
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree
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to
which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if
any)
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Class of relevant security:
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Convertible Bond XS0147484074
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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(%)
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Number
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(%)
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(1)
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Relevant securities owned
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and/or controlled:
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500,000
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0.27%
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0
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0.00%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
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and/or controlled:
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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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(3)
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Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
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and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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500,000
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0.27%
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0
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0.00%
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Class of relevant security:
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Ordinary
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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(%)
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Number
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(%)
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(1)
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Relevant securities owned
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and/or controlled:
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1,537,307
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0.82%
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1,682,405
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0.90%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
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and/or controlled:
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302,985
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0.16%
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356,180
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0.19%
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(3)
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Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
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and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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1,840,292
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0.98%
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2,038,585
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1.08%
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Class of relevant security:
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Convertible Bond BE0933899800
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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(%)
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Number
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(%)
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(1)
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Relevant securities owned
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and/or controlled:
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1,750,000
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0.93%
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0
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0.00%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
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and/or controlled:
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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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(3)
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Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
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and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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1,750,000
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0.93%
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0
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0.00%
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(b)
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Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and other executive
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options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to
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which subscription right exists
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Details, including nature of the rights
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concerned and relevant percentages:
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3.
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DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL
TRADER
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(a)
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Purchases and sales
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Class of
relevant
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Purchase/sale
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Number of
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Price per
unit
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security
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securities
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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109,251
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39.8999 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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104,264
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39.8842 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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45,506
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39.8382 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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38,188
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39.8942 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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23,921
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39.6742 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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20,904
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39.5875 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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19,525
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39.4354 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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19,412
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39.5357 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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13,543
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39.5255 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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12,000
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39.4765 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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11,146
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39.9019 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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10,339
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39.8978 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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9,103
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39.8567 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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7,740
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39.5290 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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5,810
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39.5314 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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5,408
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39.5001 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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4,288
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39.5291 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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3,805
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39.4998 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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3,442
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39.9000 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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3,275
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39.5143 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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3,155
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39.5617 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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3,002
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39.6029 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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2,897
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39.4535 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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2,847
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39.5419 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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2,815
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39.5451 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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2,134
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39.5653 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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2,034
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39.8247 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
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1,898
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39.5356 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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1,676
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39.5757 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
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1,298
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39.5519 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
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1,131
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39.5246 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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970
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39.4542 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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819
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39.4842 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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722
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39.5705 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
720
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39.5238 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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689
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39.4533 EUR
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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661
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39.5599 EUR
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ADR
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Purchase
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600
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42.9983 USD
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Ordinary
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Purchase
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586
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39.4530 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
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550
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39.5480 EUR
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
549
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39.5684 EUR
|
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
538
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39.5500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
531
|
39.4935 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
440
|
39.5082 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
401
|
39.6046 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
380
|
39.4825 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
369
|
39.5110 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
306
|
39.4578 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
297
|
39.5000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
296
|
39.5390 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
285
|
39.4885 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
257
|
39.4620 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
218
|
39.6200 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
218
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39.4856 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
211
|
39.5600 EUR
|
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ADR
|
Purchase
|
200
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42.9100 USD
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Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
194
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39.3900 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
149
|
39.5800 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
120
|
39.3400 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
114
|
39.6700 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
109
|
39.5200 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
95
|
39.6350 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
95
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39.4100 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
95
|
39.6086 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
95
|
39.8500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
95
|
39.6300 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
94
|
39.2900 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
88
|
39.5400 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
87
|
39.3000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
58
|
39.6100 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
57
|
39.6000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
26
|
39.5300 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
17
|
39.5152 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
6
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39.4500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
4
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39.6600 EUR
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|
Ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2
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39.5250 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
190,963
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39.8904 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
109,251
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39.8999 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
95,042
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39.9039 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
76,376
|
39.8942 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
57,761
|
39.9000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
49,370
|
39.7046 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
45,506
|
39.8382 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
25,553
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39.5500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
13,789
|
39.5233 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
10,452
|
39.5875 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
10,008
|
39.5237 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
9,706
|
39.5357 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
6,921
|
39.4952 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
4,123
|
39.5563 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,805
|
39.4998 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,275
|
39.5143 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,526
|
39.5400 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,263
|
39.5251 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,891
|
39.5288 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,838
|
39.5706 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,566
|
39.6747 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,231
|
39.5889 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,184
|
39.5122 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
878
|
39.4683 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
842
|
39.5368 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
819
|
39.4842 EUR
|
|
ADR
|
Sale
|
600
|
42.9983 USD
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
592
|
39.5390 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
587
|
39.5016 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
519
|
39.5415 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
514
|
39.4620 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
440
|
39.5082 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
379
|
39.4392 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
361
|
39.5705 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
324
|
39.5457 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
319
|
39.5837 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
316
|
39.8166 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
308
|
39.5256 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
219
|
39.5600 EUR
|
|
ADR
|
Sale
|
200
|
42.9100 USD
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
191
|
39.6000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
188
|
39.5000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
171
|
39.5800 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
158
|
39.3910 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
137
|
39.5710 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
131
|
39.4550 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
120
|
39.3400 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
114
|
39.6700 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
109
|
39.6200 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
109
|
39.5200 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
101
|
39.5297 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
97
|
39.3900 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
95
|
39.4100 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
95
|
39.6350 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
95
|
39.8500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
95
|
39.6300 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
87
|
39.3000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
74
|
39.5312 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
36
|
39.6100 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
34
|
39.5152 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
6
|
39.5300 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
4
|
39.6600 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
3
|
39.4500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
Sale
|
2
|
39.5250 EUR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
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Cash-settled derivative transactions
|
|
|
Class of
|
Product
|
Nature of
dealing
|
Number of
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Price per
|
|
relevant
|
description
|
|
reference
|
unit
|
|
security
|
|
|
securities
|
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Closing
Long
|
11,146
|
39.9019 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
550
|
39.5480 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
2,034
|
39.8247 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
2,134
|
39.5653 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
3,002
|
39.6029 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
3,155
|
39.5617 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Long
|
3,646
|
39.5620 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
18
|
39.6100 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
22
|
39.5800 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
242
|
39.9000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
257
|
39.4620 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
316
|
39.8166 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
400
|
39.5352 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Short
|
645
|
39.5519 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,231
|
39.5889 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,566
|
39.6746 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
40,495
|
39.9000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
190,963
|
39.8904 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
25,015
|
39.5500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
41,294
|
39.9000 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
97
|
39.3900 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
196
|
39.4410 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
361
|
39.9003 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
361
|
39.5705 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Short
|
538
|
39.5500 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
809
|
39.6041 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
963
|
39.6188 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
5,613
|
39.8304 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
6,777
|
39.5162 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
18,366
|
39.5562 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
19,525
|
39.4354 EUR
|
|
Ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Opening
Long
|
1,279
|
39.8978 EUR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
|
|
|
(i)
|
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
|
|
|
Class
|
Product
|
Writing,
|
Number
|
Exercise
|
Type
|
Expiry
|
Option
|
|
of
|
description
|
purchasing,
|
of
|
price
|
|
date
|
money
|
|
relevant
|
|
selling,
|
securities
|
per unit
|
|
|
paid/
|
|
security
|
|
varying etc
|
to which
|
|
|
|
received
|
|
|
|
|
option
|
|
|
|
per unit
|
|
|
|
|
relates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
Exercising
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class of
relevant
|
Product
description
|
Exercising/ exercised
against
|
Number of
|
Exercise price
per
|
|
security
|
|
|
securities
|
unit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
|
|
|
Class of
relevant
|
Nature of
Dealings
|
Details
|
Price per unit
(if
|
|
security
|
|
|
applicable)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
|
(a)
|
Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
|
|
|
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any
agreement or understanding,
|
|
|
|
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal
|
|
|
|
or
refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader
making the disclosure and any party
|
|
|
to
the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the
offer:
|
|
|
|
|
NONE
|
|
(b)
|
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options
or derivatives
|
|
|
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal
or informal, between
|
|
|
|
the
person making the disclosure and any other person relating
to:
|
|
|
|
(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:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NONE
|
|
(c)
|
Attachments
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Is
a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
|
NO
|
|
Date of disclosure:
|
18 Mar 2024
|
|
Contact name:
|
Large Holdings Regulatory
Operations
|
|
Telephone number:
|
020 3134
7213
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