Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

27 April 2023

 

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				JOHN WOOD 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:				26 Apr 2023
(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:				4 2/7p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			20,874,474	3.02%	7,586,638	1.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,341,551	1.06%	20,732,910	3.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			28,216,025	4.08%	28,319,548	4.09%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19		2.2420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25		2.2337  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		533		2.2340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		648		2.2352  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,003		2.2384  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,425		2.2360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,904		2.2398  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,412		2.2362  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,412		2.2364  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,908		2.2320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,324		2.2380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25,590		2.2211  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,151		2.2418  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		89,591		2.2358  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		104,199		2.2416  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		426,106		2.2385  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		533		2.2340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,581		2.2386  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,778		2.2352  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,521		2.2314  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,602		2.2303  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,829		2.2330  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,856		2.2376  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,001		2.2318  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,026		2.2360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,095		2.2306  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,019		2.2320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,543		2.2337  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,133		2.2380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,631		2.2351  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,658		2.2397  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,264		2.2367  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,838		2.2343  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,500		2.2420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		26,698		2.2355  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		29,377		2.2370  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		51,028		2.2379  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		149,989		2.2374  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		325,513		2.2413  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		185	2.2305  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,250	2.2369  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,883	2.2333  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,031	2.2365  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,203	2.2412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,293	2.2387  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,473	2.2399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Long		12,715	2.2420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,157	2.2349  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,710	2.2400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,676	2.2366  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,815	2.2356  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Long		149,989	2.2374  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25	2.2337  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,654	2.2381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,418	2.2376  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,577	2.2387  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,110	2.2344  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,590	2.2211  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		37,286	2.2346  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		43,243	2.2420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Short		46,192	2.2369  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)	Exercising
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:				27 Apr 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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