Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			19,576,483	2.83%	7,042,151	1.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,885,495	1.00%	18,981,368	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,217	0.17%
	TOTAL:			26,461,978	3.82%	27,193,736	3.93%
(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		208,136		1.9720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		168,452		1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		60,040		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,186		1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		36,917		1.9737  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,015		1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,600		1.9743  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,624		1.9750  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,554		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,059		1.9800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,294		1.9827  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		637		1.9721  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		478		1.9779  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		474		1.9770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		97		1.9765  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		197,988		1.9722  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		97,208		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		42,186		1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		38,164		1.9784  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,148		1.9720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,787		1.9778  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,751		1.9755  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,640		1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,142		1.9743  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,801		1.9746  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,102		1.9741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,712		1.9750  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,410		1.9742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,012		1.9802  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,813		1.9774  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		839		1.9764  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		712		1.9785  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		451		1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		312		1.9795  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		191		1.9748  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		90		1.9763  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		97	1.9765  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		241	1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		980	1.9743  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,457	1.9750  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,015	1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,496	1.9736  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		55,012	1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		315	1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		765	1.9768  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		989	1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,813	1.9774  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,200	1.9741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,487	1.9750  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,787	1.9778  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		330	1.9838  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,264	1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,330	1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,640	1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,751	1.9755  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,637	1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3	1.9733  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		183	1.9810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		474	1.9770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		478	1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,294	1.9827  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,119	1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		15,133	1.9792  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		87,680	1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		112,126	1.9729  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:				26 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	-1,170,217	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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