Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

03 July 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:				02 Jul 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:			20,191,122	2.92%	7,170,203	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,702,015	0.97%	19,620,639	2.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,370	0.17%
	TOTAL:			26,893,137	3.89%	27,961,212	4.04%
(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		286,124		2.0464  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		71,056		2.0384  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		51,918		2.0459  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		41,941		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		35,432		2.0418  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		34,660		2.0439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		29,571		2.0462  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,336		2.0443  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		21,776		2.0474  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,146		2.0453  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,372		2.0385  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,198		2.0505  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,215		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,155		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,943		2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,565		2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,101		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,879		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,851		2.0520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,649		2.0446  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,785		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,373		2.0447  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,594		2.0530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,049		2.0375  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		895		2.0409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		800		2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		462		2.0480  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		192		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,903		2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		51,672		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,152		2.0393  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,540		2.0214  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,013		2.0314  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		21,175		2.0475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,136		2.0435  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,879		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,940		2.0401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,966		2.0471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,215		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,000		2.0265  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,155		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,860		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,851		2.0520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,460		2.0447  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,380		2.0363  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,789		2.0318  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,401		2.0523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,246		2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,207		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,005		2.0399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		192		2.0100  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		Increasing Long		5,727	2.0218  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,508	2.0221  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		241	2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,000	2.0521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		148	2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		649	2.0398  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58	2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		121	2.0432  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,539	1.9964  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,380	2.0363  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,865	2.0450  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,175	2.0475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,372	2.0385  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,473	2.0399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,943	2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,324	2.0181  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,326	2.0394  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,005	2.0399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,890	2.0439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,401	2.0523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,049	2.0375  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,941	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,565	2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,330	2.0453  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,241	2.0463  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,000	2.0275  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		493,000	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,903	2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		895	2.0409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,136	2.0435  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,529	2.0449  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		203	2.0095  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:				03 Jul 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	-1,170,370	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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