Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

04 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:				03 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:			20,275,384	2.93%	7,023,868	1.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,553,983	0.95%	19,685,428	2.85%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,331	0.17%
	TOTAL:			26,829,367	3.88%	27,879,627	4.03%
(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		259,900		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		253,503		2.0094  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		125,603		1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		51,270		2.0111  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		43,212		2.0255  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,769		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		21,885		2.0431  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,100		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,373		2.0306  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,000		2.0377  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,441		2.0240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,511		1.9989  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,038		2.0394  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,758		2.0408  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,505		2.0383  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,468		2.0207  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,758		2.0470  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		999		2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		245		2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		250,000		1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		74,277		2.0240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		64,023		1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		62,810		2.0221  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		36,848		2.0601  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		24,458		2.0426  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		21,014		2.0559  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,180		2.0328  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,621		2.0265  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,248		2.0214  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,000		2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,645		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,000		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,979		2.0272  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,910		2.0242  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,039		2.0443  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,530		2.0248  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,684		2.0415  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,500		2.0418  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		999		2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		542		2.0259  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		434		2.0359  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		15,157	2.0415  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		46,516	1.9954  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	2.0899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		949	1.9989  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		195	2.0515  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,429	2.0427  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		747	2.0432  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,500	2.0418  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		64,023	1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,921	2.0405  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		71,427	2.0301  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,684	2.0415  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,014	2.0559  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93,285	1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,270	2.0111  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,683	2.0212  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,127	2.0308  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		434	2.0359  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,280	1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,769	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,758	2.0470  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,000	2.0268  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,000	2.0320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		388	2.0320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		776	2.0320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		542	2.0259  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,468	2.0207  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43,212	2.0255  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,848	2.0601  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,388	1.9990  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:				04 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	-1,170,331	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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