Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			17,821,398	2.58%	6,084,236	0.88%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,898,454	0.85%	17,161,698	2.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,102	0.17%
	TOTAL:			23,719,852	3.43%	24,416,036	3.53%
(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		290,144		1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		102,750		1.9957  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		95,000		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		94,676		1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		85,614		1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		71,770		1.9913  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		27,039		1.9839  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,944		1.9884  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,383		1.9856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,441		1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,670		1.9971  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,194		1.9951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,393		1.9962  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,484		1.9904  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,745		1.9881  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,352		1.9865  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,622		1.9823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		850		1.9930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		850		1.9929  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		292		1.9810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		43		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		1.9965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		252,748		1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		248,313		1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		85,614		1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		60,629		1.9901  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		53,093		1.9983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,760		1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		44,945		1.9877  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		41,096		1.9887  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,649		1.9879  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		21,130		1.9938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,821		1.9944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,345		1.9929  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,542		1.9851  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,039		1.9808  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,127		1.9920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,558		1.9898  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,135		1.9953  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,366		1.9964  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,894		1.9839  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,446		1.9905  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,873		1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		850		1.9930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		792		1.9811  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		150		1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10		1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		-61		1.9894  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		2,745	1.9881  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		9,441	1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		342	1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,956	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,051	1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,944	1.9884  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	2.0200  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,551	1.9923  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,107	1.9958  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,366	1.9964  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,558	1.9898  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,297	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,542	1.9851  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,678	1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,945	1.9877  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,760	1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		150	1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		268	1.9841  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		792	1.9811  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		979	1.9856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,446	1.9905  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,671	1.9834  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,887	1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,731	1.9885  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,096	1.9887  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		117,934	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	1.9987  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,352	1.9865  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,824	1.9858  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,217	1.9921  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,383	1.9856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,255	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	1.9916  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,215	1.9900  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:				13 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	-1,170,102	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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