Form 8.3 PINEWOOD TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			351,621	0.31%	1,690,176	1.47%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,673,330	1.45%	351,700	0.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,024,951	1.76%	2,041,876	1.77%
(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		309,391		4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		27,409		4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		16,681		4.2808  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		15,277		4.2985  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		3,380		4.2943  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		3,028		4.2903  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		2,502		4.2939  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		2,367		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		992		4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		809		4.2881  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		544		4.2977  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		407		4.3046  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		300		4.2847  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		300		4.2946  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		229		4.2902  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		196		4.2987  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		175		4.2988  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		108		4.2823  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		68		4.3007  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		42		4.3012  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		21		4.3067  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		17		4.2997  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		5		4.3040  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		4		4.3100  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		28,569		4.2901  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		7,016		4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,368		4.2815  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,065		4.2992  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,064		4.2921  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		863		4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		675		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		668		4.2948  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		489		4.2861  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		473		4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		199		4.3025  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		43		4.2982  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		21		4.3067  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		771	4.2992  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		110	4.2902  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		231	4.2902  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,028	4.2903  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		268	4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		139,495	4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,310	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,310	4.2898  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,054	4.2898  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		169,896	4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,609	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,618	4.2998  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		16,681	4.2808  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		473	4.2846  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		407	4.3046  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		715	4.2933  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,688	4.2932  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,064	4.2921  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		489	4.2861  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,118	4.2899  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,141	4.2968  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		276	4.2910  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,609	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68	4.3006  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,610	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	4.3100  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	4.2895  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,548	4.2904  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,609	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		175	4.2988  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,502	4.2939  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,461	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,015	4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		668	4.2948  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		229	4.2902  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		294	4.2992  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,368	4.2815  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:				11 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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