Form 8.3 PINEWOOD TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			325,764	0.28%	1,147,392	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,133,685	0.98%	321,419	0.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,459,449	1.27%	1,468,811	1.28%
(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		73,758		4.2877  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		26,784		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		8,963		4.2902  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		6,964		4.2732  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		4,668		4.3144  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		2,618		4.3232  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,815		4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		1,800		4.3037  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		902		4.3100  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		548		4.3200  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		236		4.2880  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		224		4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		111		4.2925  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		106		4.2716  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		98		4.3103  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		71		4.3141  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		70		4.3225  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		55		4.3075  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		49		4.3002  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		40		4.2875  GBP
100p ordinary		Purchase		21		4.3064  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		27,008		4.2877  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		20,668		4.2655  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		15,893		4.3009  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		14,694		4.2901  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		10,968		4.3019  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		10,471		4.2905  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		9,791		4.3042  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		5,774		4.3103  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		3,090		4.3061  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		2,530		4.2981  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		2,347		4.3120  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		2,291		4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,766		4.2975  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,699		4.3083  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,676		4.3117  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,202		4.3075  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,130		4.2900  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		1,012		4.2999  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		901		4.3100  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		896		4.3020  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		878		4.2898  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		593		4.2666  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		563		4.2696  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		541		4.3050  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		354		4.3101  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		224		4.2850  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		154		4.3200  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		148		4.3016  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		111		4.2925  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		88		4.2650  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		71		4.3139  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		70		4.3225  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		40		4.2875  GBP
100p ordinary		Sale		21		4.3071  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		1,012	4.2999  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,249	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57	4.3062  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		162	4.3043  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,618	4.3232  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,808	4.3197  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,893	4.3009  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		506	4.2846  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	4.3002  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,791	4.3042  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,210	4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		138	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,920	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		878	4.2898  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	4.3102  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,292	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		381	4.3000  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98	4.3103  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		605	4.2950  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		106	4.2716  GBP
100p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,676	4.3117  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:				13 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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