Form 8.3 PINEWOOD TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

10 August 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				PINEWOOD TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				07 Aug 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				100p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			328,373	0.29%	2,008,667	1.75%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,984,959	1.72%	327,480	0.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,313,332	2.01%	2,336,147	2.03%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
100p ordinary		Purchase		366,721		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		33,028		4.3017  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		30,794		4.2984  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		30,166		4.2912  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		23,430		4.2959  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		15,132		4.3016  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		14,043		4.3076  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		8,721		4.3091  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		8,546		4.3131  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		6,043		4.3075  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		5,762		4.3102  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		5,045		4.2952  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		3,761		4.3063  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		2,414		4.3057  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,974		4.2970  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,800		4.3087  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,723		4.2993  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,505		4.2927  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,344		4.2836  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,247		4.2980  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,196		4.3050  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,192		4.2933  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,164		4.2986  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		844		4.2800  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		818		4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		817		4.3150  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		623		4.3100  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		527		4.2887  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		502		4.2967  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		457		4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		310		4.2918  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		250		4.2852  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		2		4.2300  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		104,513		4.3023  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		44,253		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		36,669		4.3002  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		15,273		4.2914  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		13,887		4.2992  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		5,764		4.2999  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		5,373		4.2750  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		4,950		4.2896  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		3,182		4.3032  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		2,797		4.2839  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		2,318		4.2800  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,931		4.2851  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,723		4.2994  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,500		4.3050  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,095		4.2801  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		269		4.2900  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,910	4.2849  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43	4.2873  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	4.2878  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,762	4.2999  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140,216	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,813	4.3048  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,802	4.2997  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		170,827	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		32,715	4.2915  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		23,863	4.3039  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		984	4.3039  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		269	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		30,166	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		446	4.2996  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,020	4.3002  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,132	4.3016  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,112	4.2992  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		205	4.2993  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		449	4.2993  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,104	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	4.2999  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140	4.2300  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,813	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,310	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		493	4.3194  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		272	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,797	4.2839  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		30,165	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		250	4.2852  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21	4.3049  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	4.2300  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92	4.3045  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,295	4.2957  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,310	4.2957  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		184	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		527	4.2887  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,182	4.3032  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,762	4.3102  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,989	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,095	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,528	4.3000  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				10 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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