Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			18,721,111	2.71%	6,936,240	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,784,668	0.98%	18,093,886	2.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,222	0.17%
	TOTAL:			25,505,779	3.69%	26,200,348	3.79%
(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		234,369		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		122,966		1.9807  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		111,528		1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		64,976		1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		36,771		1.9884  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25,912		2.0129  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,557		1.9930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,539		1.9919  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,540		2.0058  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,537		1.9940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,502		1.9826  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,980		2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,977		2.0071  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,884		2.0102  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,945		1.9895  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,317		2.0091  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,148		2.0049  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,962		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,365		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		873		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		845		1.9788  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		696		2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		677		2.0159  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		410		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		118		1.9778  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		87,078		1.9812  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		47,869		2.0118  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,492		1.9789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,164		1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,400		1.9936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,781		1.9863  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,454		1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,146		2.0050  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,801		2.0107  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,484		1.9917  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,426		2.0058  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,962		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,520		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,485		2.0040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		707		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		410		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		380		1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		224		1.9940  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		1,130	1.9820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,959	1.9823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,500	2.0024  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,957	1.9872  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,945	1.9895  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,660	1.9966  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,808	1.9944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,466	1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		224	1.9940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		380	1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		396	1.9950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,351	1.9800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,400	1.9936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		500	1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,484	1.9917  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,454	1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,492	1.9789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28	2.0122  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50	2.0152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	2.0073  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		696	2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		792	1.9950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,000	2.0139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,539	1.9919  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,976	1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113,515	1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		234,369	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		16,404	1.9903  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:				21 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	-1,170,222	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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