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RNS Number : 1505D JPMorgan Securities Plc 01 April 2025
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 Wood Group (John) plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Corporate Broker to Wood Group (John) plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 31 March 2025
(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 3,024,791 0.3272 GBP 0.2450 GBP
Sale 3,904,322 0.3380 GBP 0.2440 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 3,896 0.2650 GBP
25 0.2652 GBP
47 0.2737 GBP
10,076 0.2753 GBP
15 0.2760 GBP
155,086 0.2804 GBP
2,633 0.2808 GBP
7,973 0.2813 GBP
1 0.2850 GBP
20 0.2901 GBP
13,660 0.3051 GBP
34 0.3112 GBP
3,663 0.3272 GBP
Decrease Short 45,100 0.2747 GBP
85,524 0.2861 GBP
158,049 0.3001 GBP
Increase Long 25 0.2652 GBP
74,122 0.2714 GBP
1,210 0.2716 GBP
47 0.2737 GBP
206,809 0.2804 GBP
67,318 0.2807 GBP
64,687 0.2818 GBP
12,025 0.2826 GBP
16,478 0.2827 GBP
77,265 0.2854 GBP
10,679 0.2862 GBP
2,778 0.2868 GBP
8,544 0.2870 GBP
72 0.2890 GBP
372,680 0.3126 GBP
153 0.3170 GBP
Increase Short 543,466 0.2804 GBP
25,000 0.2847 GBP
9,800 0.2882 GBP
Opening a Long Position 49,900 0.2768 GBP
62,660 0.2779 GBP
1 0.2804 GBP
128,860 0.3098 GBP
Opening a Short Position 35,300 0.2854 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: 1 April 2025
Contact name: Hetvi Shah
Telephone number: 44 2034 936359
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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