Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				05 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:			20,602,579	2.98%	6,902,941	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,417,096	0.93%	19,894,496	2.88%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,312	0.17%
	TOTAL:			27,019,675	3.91%	27,967,749	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		135,051		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		61,233		1.9802  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		41,187		1.9739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		40,644		1.9738  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		28,157		1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,916		1.9725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,448		1.9690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,662		1.9626  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,263		1.9666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,885		1.9692  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,592		1.9752  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,459		1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,317		1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,608		1.9656  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,274		1.9714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		881		1.9741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		865		1.9650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		115		1.9810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		112,274		1.9785  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,640		1.9800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,642		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,559		1.9687  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,522		1.9702  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,533		1.9668  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,529		1.9666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,223		1.9665  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,034		1.9674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,915		1.9681  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		700		1.9732  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		91		1.9609  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		400	1.9690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,501	1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	1.9789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	1.9820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,124	1.9706  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,223	1.9665  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		177	1.9738  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		228	1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,034	1.9674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,879	1.9705  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,962	1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,157	1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,317	1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		91	1.9609  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,529	1.9666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		648	1.9667  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,267	1.9688  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,459	1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60,380	1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,476	1.9751  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,213	1.9802  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,727	1.9804  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		115	1.9810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,817	1.9823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,727	1.9806  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	1.9601  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,390	1.9739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,559	1.9687  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		617	1.9712  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,657	1.9714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		881	1.9741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,811	1.9709  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,916	1.9725  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:				08 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	-1,170,312	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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