WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Form 8 (DD) - John Wood Group PLC
FORM 8 (DD)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)
Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: | David Miller Kemp |
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | N/A |
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: | John Wood Group PLC |
(d) Status of person making the disclosure: | Person acting in concert with the offeree (John Wood Group PLC) |
(e) Date dealing undertaken: | 24 April 2023 |
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | N/A |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing
Class of relevant security: | ||||
Interests | Short positions | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 183,791 | 0.02 | Nil | - |
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | Nil | - | Nil | - |
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | Nil | - | Nil | - |
| 183,791 | 0.02 | Nil | - |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: | Ordinary shares of 4 2/7p each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Long Term Plan (subject to performance conditions):
Long Term Plan (no longer subject to performance conditions):
Annual Bonus Plan (not subject to performance conditions):
Employee Share Plan (not eligible for notional dividends):
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3. DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
(i) Party to an offer or person acting in concert (except for a principal trader in the same group as a connected adviser)
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit |
Ordinary shares of 4 2/7p each | Sold* | 5,338 | £2.23 |
*Award of nil-cost Matching Shares under the Wood Employee Share Plan and the subsequent sale of sufficient shares to cover taxes
(ii) Principal trader where the sole reason for the connection is that the principal trader is in the same group as a connected adviser
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
Ordinary shares of 4 2/7p each | Award of nil-cost Matching Shares under the Wood Employee Share Plan | 10,873 | NIL |
4. 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 party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person: |
None |
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
None |
(c) Attachments
Are any Supplemental Forms attached?
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) | NO |
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL) | NO |
Date of disclosure: | 26 April 2023 |
Contact name: | Martin J. McIntyre, Company Secretary |
Telephone number: | + 44 (0) 1224 851000 |
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.