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RNS Number : 5869Z JPMorgan Securities Plc 16 May 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: 15 May 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 7,468,784 1.4630 GBP 1.3270 GBP
Sale 9,102,852 1.4600 GBP 1.3500 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 2,603 1.3502 GBP
59 1.4360 GBP
2,338 1.4361 GBP
282 1.4362 GBP
317 1.4381 GBP
865 1.4401 GBP
Decrease Short 55,077 1.3500 GBP
9,652 1.3700 GBP
286,663 1.3885 GBP
9,230 1.4046 GBP
23,630 1.4166 GBP
137,807 1.4172 GBP
30,198 1.4173 GBP
15,055 1.4223 GBP
39,085 1.4232 GBP
4,000 1.4244 GBP
7,000 1.4288 GBP
177,300 1.4303 GBP
8,853 1.4305 GBP
23,030 1.4336 GBP
100,186 1.4358 GBP
77,702 1.4359 GBP
197 1.4360 GBP
3,405 1.4379 GBP
33,000 1.4382 GBP
3,562 1.4385 GBP
172 1.4390 GBP
16,199 1.4395 GBP
5,400 1.4409 GBP
406,156 1.4415 GBP
50,068 1.4437 GBP
156,002 1.4451 GBP
56,369 1.4468 GBP
24,645 1.4494 GBP
Increase Long 60,189 1.4361 GBP
23,770 1.4439 GBP
Increase Short 19,300 1.3746 GBP
149,328 1.3767 GBP
11,002 1.3976 GBP
73,782 1.4027 GBP
55,465 1.4165 GBP
7,496 1.4243 GBP
9,964 1.4264 GBP
8,055 1.4284 GBP
1,768 1.4300 GBP
212,971 1.4360 GBP
301 1.4361 GBP
125 1.4400 GBP
1,146 1.4410 GBP
102 1.4411 GBP
2,338 1.4421 GBP
Opening a Long Position 3,600 1.3350 GBP
13,233 1.4283 GBP
1 1.4360 GBP
282,921 1.4403 GBP
Opening a Short Position 2,250 1.3272 GBP
3,600 1.3850 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: 16 May 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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