Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:				31 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:			14,839,203	2.14%	5,336,064	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,186,140	0.75%	14,011,372	2.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,339	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,025,343	2.89%	20,517,775	2.97%
(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		1,597,355		1.7696  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		416,032		1.7690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		104,598		1.7698  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		48,418		1.8284  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,466		1.8273  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,151		1.8290  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,605		1.7689  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,336		1.7907  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,913		1.8241  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,973		1.8313  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,730		1.8146  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,721		1.8356  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,532		1.8212  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,055		1.8339  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,703		1.8360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,595		1.8170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,588		1.8120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,066		1.8280  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		871		1.8410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		726		1.7679  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		32		1.8060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		369,495		1.7690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		185,115		1.7754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		121,996		1.8420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		82,822		1.7954  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		73,747		1.7696  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50,195		1.8310  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,594		1.8760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,737		1.8124  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,450		1.8298  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,443		1.8332  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,913		1.8242  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,617		1.8341  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,796		1.8371  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,373		1.8280  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,289		1.8151  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,216		1.8082  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,960		1.8381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,520		1.8380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,453		1.8440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,373		1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,167		1.8115  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		576		1.8349  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		297		1.7709  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18		1.8199  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		57		1.7679  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		Closing Long		576	1.8349  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,960	1.8381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,796	1.8371  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		21,897	1.8357  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		227,720	1.7690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,373	1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,672	1.8068  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,594	1.8760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,183	1.8365  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		121,996	1.8420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18	1.8199  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,216	1.8082  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,956	1.8359  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,891	1.8248  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,443	1.8332  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,809	1.8321  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,322	1.8358  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,436	1.7898  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,026	1.8295  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		588	1.8303  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,495	1.8401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,997	1.8288  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,030	1.7887  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,466	1.8273  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		43,545	1.7691  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		534,089	1.7690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		871	1.8410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,304	1.7838  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,848	1.8315  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		48,418	1.8284  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		594,255	1.7690  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:				03 Jun 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	-1,170,339	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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