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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MONDI PLC
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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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26
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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DS
SMITH 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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EUR
0.22 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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4,286,030
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0.97%
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3,594,214
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0.81%
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(2)
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Cash-settled derivatives:
|
|
|
|
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and/or controlled:
|
|
|
3,051,395
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0.69%
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3,804,618
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0.86%
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(3)
|
Stock-settled derivatives (including
options)
|
|
|
|
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and
agreements to purchase/sell:
|
|
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0
|
0.00%
|
0
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0.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TOTAL:
|
|
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7,337,425
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1.66%
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7,398,832
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1.68%
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(b)
|
Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and other executive
|
|
|
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
|
Price per
unit
|
security
|
|
securities
|
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
209,891
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
59,864
|
13.9483 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
48,960
|
13.9258 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
44,400
|
13.8811 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
38,257
|
13.9379 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
28,702
|
13.8126 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
17,146
|
13.6906 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
16,627
|
13.8068 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
13,155
|
13.8119 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
12,964
|
13.9146 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
11,956
|
13.9501 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
10,959
|
13.8708 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
9,770
|
13.8790 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
9,343
|
13.9690 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
8,121
|
13.9211 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
7,498
|
13.9334 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
6,543
|
13.9276 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
6,325
|
13.6480 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
5,098
|
13.8091 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
4,564
|
13.8852 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
3,172
|
13.9367 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2,801
|
13.9024 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2,357
|
13.8322 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,793
|
13.7991 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
1,420
|
13.8905 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
895
|
13.8393 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
784
|
13.8542 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
754
|
13.8923 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
698
|
13.8800 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
629
|
13.8150 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
491
|
13.8955 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
490
|
13.9400 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
484
|
13.9552 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
439
|
13.7946 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
430
|
13.8900 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
373
|
13.9662 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
339
|
13.8124 GBP
|
ADR
|
Purchase
|
332
|
35.0119 USD
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
321
|
13.8050 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
320
|
13.9725 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
256
|
13.9450 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
112
|
13.6550 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
97
|
13.7050 GBP
|
ADR
|
Purchase
|
80
|
35.2000 USD
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Purchase
|
2
|
13.9460 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
135,370
|
13.8456 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
98,636
|
13.8641 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
73,048
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
48,327
|
13.8389 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
44,138
|
13.7000 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
36,465
|
13.7652 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
34,220
|
13.7894 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
22,972
|
13.9446 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
16,033
|
13.9381 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
12,438
|
13.7515 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
11,870
|
13.8360 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
10,890
|
13.7990 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
9,345
|
13.7411 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
9,017
|
13.9430 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
8,787
|
13.9499 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
7,948
|
13.5365 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
7,798
|
13.8471 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
6,375
|
13.9472 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
6,264
|
13.8073 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
5,300
|
13.7863 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
4,426
|
13.9496 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,064
|
13.8511 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
3,021
|
13.7672 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,945
|
13.8518 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,482
|
13.8659 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,213
|
13.7920 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
2,126
|
13.9615 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,905
|
13.9481 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,782
|
13.8759 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,733
|
13.6507 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,412
|
13.8195 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,345
|
13.6410 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
1,325
|
13.8405 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
882
|
13.9487 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
785
|
13.6400 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
759
|
13.6553 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
721
|
13.7341 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
714
|
13.9013 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
558
|
13.9797 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
546
|
13.9400 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
529
|
13.6663 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
474
|
13.9699 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
470
|
13.6562 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
456
|
13.7418 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
430
|
13.8900 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
415
|
13.9445 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
404
|
13.8913 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
402
|
13.8150 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
334
|
13.6947 GBP
|
ADR
|
Sale
|
332
|
35.0119 USD
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
326
|
13.9645 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
319
|
13.8327 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
240
|
13.6350 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
240
|
13.6250 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
225
|
13.9497 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
223
|
13.9421 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
210
|
13.8556 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
208
|
13.7800 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
202
|
13.6550 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
199
|
13.9675 GBP
|
ADR
|
Sale
|
80
|
35.2000 USD
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
50
|
13.7750 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
26
|
13.8915 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
22
|
13.6275 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
Sale
|
8
|
13.9460 GBP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
Cash-settled derivative transactions
|
|
Class of
|
Product
|
Nature of
dealing
|
Number of
|
Price per
|
relevant
|
description
|
|
reference
|
unit
|
security
|
|
|
securities
|
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Closing
Long
|
203,684
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Closing
Short
|
1,690
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Closing
Short
|
2,401
|
13.9561 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
142
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
275
|
13.7710 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
1,200
|
13.9677 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
1,400
|
13.8083 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
17,146
|
13.6906 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Decreasing Long
|
20,009
|
13.8806 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
56
|
13.9498 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
73
|
13.7350 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
118
|
13.9350 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
208
|
13.7800 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
225
|
13.9497 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
334
|
13.6947 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
334
|
13.6948 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
345
|
13.6748 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
415
|
13.9445 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
418
|
13.7515 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
419
|
13.8233 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
558
|
13.9797 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
622
|
13.9341 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
800
|
13.9306 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,588
|
13.8876 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,627
|
13.9498 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
1,905
|
13.9481 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
2,126
|
13.9615 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
4,426
|
13.9496 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
7,798
|
13.8471 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
7,948
|
13.5365 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
9,017
|
13.9430 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
9,345
|
13.7411 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
10,890
|
13.7990 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
11,870
|
13.8360 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
12,586
|
13.7001 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
16,033
|
13.9381 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Decreasing Short
|
98,636
|
13.8641 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
47
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
498
|
13.7176 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
1,200
|
13.9677 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
1,412
|
13.8195 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
6,375
|
13.9472 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
9,177
|
13.7328 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
10,891
|
13.9500 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
20,009
|
13.8806 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
20,087
|
13.8978 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
22,692
|
13.7292 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing Long
|
26,410
|
13.7930 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
31,552
|
13.7000 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
34,220
|
13.7894 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Long
|
48,327
|
13.8389 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
97
|
13.7050 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
135
|
13.9759 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
145
|
13.7851 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
194
|
13.8327 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
313
|
13.9157 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
373
|
13.9662 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
380
|
13.8048 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
439
|
13.7946 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
447
|
13.7445 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
784
|
13.8542 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
995
|
13.8050 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
1,438
|
13.8394 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
1,793
|
13.7991 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
7,751
|
13.8310 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
9,343
|
13.9690 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
11,956
|
13.9501 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
12,964
|
13.9146 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
16,671
|
13.9301 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
27,315
|
13.8715 GBP
|
EUR 0.22
ordinary
|
SWAP
|
Increasing Short
|
38,257
|
13.9379 GBP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Is
a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
|
NO
|
Date of disclosure:
|
27 Mar 2024
|
Contact name:
|
Large Holdings Regulatory
Operations
|
Telephone number:
|
020 3134
7213
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