Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			14,322,181	2.07%	6,208,809	0.90%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,007,150	0.87%	13,455,679	1.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,338	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,329,331	2.94%	20,834,826	3.01%
(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		420,469		1.8557  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		316,782		1.8564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		156,048		1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		113,408		1.8298  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		86,554		1.8391  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		66,584		1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		63,566		1.8567  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		53,468		1.8958  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,314		1.8566  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25,544		1.8043  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,998		1.8842  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,081		1.8512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,977		1.8380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,369		1.8414  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,392		1.8178  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,662		1.8352  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,740		1.8812  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,725		1.8477  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		1.8775  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,171		1.8960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,297		1.8664  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,071		1.8580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,701		1.8725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,694		1.9019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,366		1.8790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,119		1.8070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		652		1.8345  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		459		1.8530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		382		1.8554  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		278,379		1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		148,204		1.8770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		122,726		1.8585  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		96,491		1.8559  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		38,498		1.8674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,708		1.8613  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,800		1.8384  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,546		1.8029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,309		1.8566  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,584		1.8593  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,383		1.8301  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,930		1.8083  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,369		1.8470  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,165		1.8694  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,463		1.8524  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,409		1.8795  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,392		1.8060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,067		1.8475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,952		1.8785  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,366		1.8790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,119		1.8071  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		971		1.8590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		513		1.8860  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		777	1.8100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,171	1.8960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,872	1.8564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,767	1.8041  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,293	1.8444  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,543	1.8375  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		63,566	1.8567  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		113,408	1.8298  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		156,048	1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		385,304	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,000	1.8603  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,999	1.8606  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,000	1.8596  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,500	1.8272  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		391	1.8920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		810	1.8820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,463	1.8524  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,711	1.8248  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,159	1.8322  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,279	1.9240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,165	1.8694  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,239	1.8744  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,546	1.8029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,500	1.8571  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,642	1.8880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,010	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		96,491	1.8559  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		115,572	1.8743  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,116	1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,253	1.8382  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,999	1.8378  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,001	1.8497  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53,468	1.8958  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		12,650	1.8599  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:				30 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	-1,170,338	1.7390	European	08-May-2025
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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