Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 May 2024

 

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:				21 May 2024
(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:			13,600,325	1.97%	6,932,085	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,701,876	0.97%	12,588,483	1.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,349	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,302,201	2.93%	20,690,917	2.99%
(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		144,233		1.8413  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		125,051		1.8410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		73,378		1.8412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25,106		1.8503  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,256		1.8540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,354		1.8447  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,111		1.8441  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,393		1.8405  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,904		1.8409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,881		1.8490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,799		1.8445  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,783		1.8453  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		814		1.8670  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		498		1.8498  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		425		1.8404  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		88		1.8650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		46		1.8500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42		1.8510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		122,101		1.8409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		88,346		1.8447  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		86,180		1.8416  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		60,577		1.8452  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,449		1.8471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,917		1.8494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,458		1.8463  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,203		1.8570  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,589		1.8410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,331		1.8650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,914		1.8439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,384		1.8475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,137		1.8451  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,829		1.8445  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,288		1.8473  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,201		1.8430  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		966		1.8460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		417		1.8415  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		188		1.8700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		170		1.8640  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		78		1.8690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3		1.8404  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		Decreasing Long		350	1.8471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		814	1.8670  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,000	1.8668  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,563	1.8411  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,863	1.8467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,797	1.8540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,106	1.8503  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140,709	1.8410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		118	1.8499  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,789	1.8427  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,203	1.8569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75	1.8443  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		278	1.8468  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		800	1.8439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		966	1.8460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,137	1.8451  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,384	1.8475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,076	1.8451  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,458	1.8464  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,098	1.8527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		60,577	1.8452  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		122,101	1.8409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		266	1.8483  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		424	1.8497  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,132	1.8409  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?				YES
Date of disclosure:				22 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date
4 2/7p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-1,170,349	1.7390	European
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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