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Barclays PLC filed a Form 8.3 disclosure on July 7, 2026, detailing its positions and dealings in DCC PLC's €0.25 Ordinary Shares under the Irish Takeover Panel Act. As of July 6, 2026, Barclays PLC held a total long interest of 1,482,112 shares (1.74%) and a total short position of 1,598,499 shares (1.87%) in DCC PLC. On July 6, 2026, Barclays PLC also conducted multiple purchases and sales of DCC PLC ordinary shares, as well as various cash-settled derivative transactions.
| Date | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Time | 13:49:58 |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| ID | 3644L |
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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 |
06 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 |
1,185,822 |
1.39% |
574,090 |
0.67% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives |
296,290 |
0.35% |
1,024,409 |
1.20% |
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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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1,482,112 |
1.74% |
1,598,499 |
1.87% |
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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 |
1 |
60.4039 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
11 |
60.6500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
15 |
60.7000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
34 |
60.7750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
69 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
77 |
61.3142 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
79 |
60.7265 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
85 |
60.6800 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
92 |
60.7563 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
116 |
61.4189 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
153 |
60.6968 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
154 |
61.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
161 |
61.2500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
173 |
61.1148 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
214 |
61.1939 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
224 |
61.4017 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
278 |
60.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
282 |
61.4386 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
302 |
60.8024 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
312 |
61.0073 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
325 |
61.2853 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
341 |
60.7957 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
355 |
60.9328 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
409 |
60.5250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
487 |
61.3000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
500 |
61.3447 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
522 |
61.3657 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
603 |
61.3500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
618 |
60.8541 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
847 |
61.0057 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
886 |
61.5498 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
989 |
61.1653 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
6,750 |
61.1627 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,292 |
61.1875 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
1,995 |
60.8016 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
2,069 |
60.6871 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
4,180 |
60.5433 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,718 |
60.6424 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,927 |
60.8191 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
7,929 |
60.8089 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
11,439 |
61.5504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
13,797 |
60.7655 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
16,616 |
61.4916 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
17,171 |
60.6902 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
37,013 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2 |
60.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
16 |
61.5375 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17 |
60.5750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17 |
61.2000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17 |
60.8750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
18 |
61.5377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
48 |
60.5491 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
60 |
61.1583 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
61 |
60.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
70 |
60.9500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
120 |
61.2562 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
124 |
60.7955 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
241 |
60.7493 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
244 |
60.6250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
263 |
60.5518 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
278 |
61.2020 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
319 |
60.7153 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
331 |
61.4753 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
335 |
60.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
386 |
61.5543 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
423 |
61.2214 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
467 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
540 |
60.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
663 |
61.5047 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
722 |
61.3635 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
724 |
60.6439 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
766 |
61.4863 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
1,116 |
60.7577 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,328 |
61.0000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,629 |
61.4016 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,646 |
60.6498 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
2,691 |
61.5450 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
3,898 |
61.4377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
4,507 |
61.1177 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
5,000 |
60.7495 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
5,247 |
60.7718 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
6,346 |
61.1061 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
7,917 |
60.8089 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17,496 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
17,906 |
61.4436 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 |
142 |
61.4386 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
5,000 |
60.7495 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
148 |
60.9062 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
70 |
61.0151 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
25 |
61.1771 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
26 |
60.7493 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
661 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
663 |
61.5047 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
16,290 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,155 |
61.5490 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
28 |
60.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
308 |
61.5530 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
6,750 |
61.1627 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
674 |
61.2944 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
540 |
60.9000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
2,853 |
61.2428 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
54 |
60.5548 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
184 |
61.4436 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,718 |
60.6424 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
34 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
847 |
61.0057 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,691 |
61.5450 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
11 |
61.2214 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
402 |
61.2214 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
10 |
61.2214 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,237 |
60.5477 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
18 |
61.5377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
16 |
61.5375 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
39 |
61.4386 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
633 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
339 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
101 |
61.4386 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
172 |
60.9328 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
11,439 |
61.5504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
48 |
60.5490 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,993 |
61.4902 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
1,105 |
61.0808 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
3,438 |
61.0808 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
17 |
60.5750 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
100 |
61.0539 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
906 |
61.0539 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
184 |
60.4611 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
17,722 |
61.4436 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4,507 |
61.1177 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,473 |
60.7454 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
48 |
60.9328 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
135 |
60.9328 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
276 |
61.2179 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
712 |
61.0825 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
106 |
60.5792 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
1,714 |
60.4611 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,774 |
60.7954 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
302 |
60.8024 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
2,726 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
61 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
569 |
60.6376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,282 |
60.6116 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,929 |
60.8089 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
721 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,924 |
61.5500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,069 |
60.6871 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
5,118 |
60.6532 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
73 |
60.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
13,797 |
60.7655 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
94 |
61.5376 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
469 |
61.5128 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,898 |
61.4377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
70 |
60.9500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,927 |
60.8191 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
92 |
60.7562 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
46 |
60.6250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
17,171 |
60.6902 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
7,917 |
60.8089 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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Product description |
Writing, purchasing, |
Number of securities |
Exercise price |
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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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Exercising/exercised |
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relevant security |
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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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(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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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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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? |
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Date of disclosure |
07 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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