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RNS Number : 8846X JPMorgan Securities Plc 28 April 2023
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form John Wood Group plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Financial advisor and corporate broker to John Wood Group PLC
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 27 April 2023
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,732,654 2.2520 GBP 2.2335 GBP
Sale 653,066 2.2480 GBP 2.2320 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
4 2/7p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 960,000 2.2340 GBP
1,087 2.2342 GBP
6,014 2.2388 GBP
5 2.2458 GBP
24,025 2.2461 GBP
Decrease Short 371 2.2338 GBP
42 2.2380 GBP
23,667 2.2405 GBP
Increase Long 226 2.2317 GBP
1 2.2320 GBP
11,475 2.2336 GBP
3 2.2340 GBP
23,675 2.2397 GBP
10 2.2480 GBP
Increase Short 14,000 2.2387 GBP
56,044 2.2392 GBP
17,000 2.2393 GBP
2,820 2.2395 GBP
68 2.2401 GBP
22,849 2.2414 GBP
Opening a Long Position 29,272 2.2339 GBP
67,369 2.2340 GBP
5,380 2.2393 GBP
8,578 2.2402 GBP
33 2.2419 GBP
1,300 2.2464 GBP
5,460 2.2480 GBP
Opening a Short Position 279 2.2320 GBP
5,252 2.2364 GBP
1,426 2.2370 GBP
10,864 2.2380 GBP
7,544 2.2387 GBP
3,989 2.2389 GBP
8,293 2.2396 GBP
1,341 2.2401 GBP
45,535 2.2407 GBP
1,376 2.2421 GBP
5,281 2.2425 GBP
27,042 2.2438 GBP
3,159 2.2454 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure: 28 April 2023
Contact name: Natasha Mondon
Telephone number: 01202 325175
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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