Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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:				07 Jun 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:			17,688,256	2.56%	5,676,117	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,490,910	0.79%	16,998,378	2.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,307	0.17%
	TOTAL:			23,179,166	3.35%	23,844,802	3.45%
(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		244,075		1.9950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		190,269		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		84,846		1.9926  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		68,285		1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		51,210		1.9947  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,175		2.0001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		21,219		2.0076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,777		2.0012  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,378		1.9927  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,251		2.0056  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,371		1.9996  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,860		2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,691		1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,268		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,881		2.0032  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,220		2.0013  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,600		2.0152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,437		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,147		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,582		2.0045  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,999		2.0090  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,805		2.0042  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,500		1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,448		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		595		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		291		1.9972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		231		2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		150		1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		140		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		125		1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		69		2.0014  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		189,609		1.9936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		122,814		2.0102  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		90,173		2.0042  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		80,002		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		61,641		1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,980		1.9911  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		38,332		2.0030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		37,941		1.9995  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,421		1.9979  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,437		2.0110  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,177		2.0046  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,784		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,405		2.0018  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,284		1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,404		1.9908  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,395		2.0062  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,714		2.0031  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,389		1.9987  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,064		1.9965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,895		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,717		2.0095  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,500		1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,386		2.0008  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,279		2.0001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,208		2.0053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,198		2.0091  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,146		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,100		1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		595		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		487		1.9935  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		291		1.9974  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		125		1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		72		2.0169  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		57		1.9898  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		10	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59	2.0016  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		150	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68,285	1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		906	2.0118  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,198	2.0091  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,371	2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,404	1.9908  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,596	2.0006  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,332	2.0030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66,489	2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90,173	2.0042  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58	2.0079  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72	2.0169  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		834	2.0038  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,022	2.0114  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,208	2.0053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,389	1.9987  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,284	1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,941	1.9995  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44,810	2.0103  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,641	1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		76,148	2.0102  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,091	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,581	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,812	2.0118  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,999	2.0091  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,856	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,344	2.0076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,072	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,424	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,862	1.9933  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,887	1.9936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,000	2.0005  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,375	2.0050  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		51,210	1.9947  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:				10 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	-1,170,307	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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