Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			17,736,657	2.56%	5,852,263	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,671,531	0.82%	17,019,546	2.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,472	0.17%
	TOTAL:			23,408,188	3.38%	24,042,281	3.48%
(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		324,908		1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		59,247		1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,960		1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,738		1.9712  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,635		1.9771  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,044		1.9854  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,873		1.9787  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,609		1.9972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,460		1.9770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		987		1.9867  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		433		1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		350		1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		198		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		47		1.9879  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		258,630		1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		92,580		1.9813  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		83,228		1.9723  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		40,199		1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35,382		1.9773  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,836		1.9701  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,537		1.9736  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,235		1.9721  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,925		1.9716  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,454		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,896		1.9742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,297		1.9717  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,138		1.9726  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,008		1.9776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,422		1.9744  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,518		1.9695  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		766		1.9661  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		572		1.9829  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		473		1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		448		1.9868  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		266		1.9846  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		198		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		121		1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		60		1.9979  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		47		1.9880  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		10,051	1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,960	1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	2.0320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		382	1.9902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		422	1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		572	1.9829  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		789	1.9894  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,026	1.9834  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,800	1.9776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,167	1.9776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,925	1.9716  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,026	1.9722  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,382	1.9773  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16	1.9719  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36	1.9711  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		60	1.9979  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		225	1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,208	1.9776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,422	1.9744  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,199	1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		80,316	1.9809  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		83,176	1.9723  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		350	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		433	1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		764	1.9902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,609	1.9972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,873	1.9787  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,044	1.9854  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,580	1.9876  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,648	1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,307	1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,330	1.9793  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		13,304	1.9819  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		16,095	1.9773  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:				11 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	-1,170,472	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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