Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			20,864,621	3.02%	6,866,553	0.99%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,387,757	0.92%	20,143,479	2.91%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,329	0.17%
	TOTAL:			27,252,378	3.94%	28,180,361	4.07%
(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		312,566		1.9570  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		148,049		1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		39,246		1.9572  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		37,198		1.9737  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		32,840		1.9525  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,375		1.9703  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,548		1.9558  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,348		1.9688  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,319		1.9552  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,916		1.9716  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,943		1.9557  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,901		1.9679  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,796		1.9560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,575		1.9602  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,269		1.9692  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,438		1.9486  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,206		1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,150		1.9566  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		804		1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		158		1.9510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		123		1.9521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		114,461		1.9510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		55,755		1.9489  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		33,792		1.9656  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,092		1.9501  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,150		1.9571  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,504		1.9595  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,648		1.9641  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,577		1.9576  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,638		1.9613  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,784		1.9541  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,300		1.9544  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,397		1.9720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,142		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,880		1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,575		1.9604  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,400		1.9752  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,146		1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,654		1.9703  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,635		1.9619  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,479		1.9590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,206		1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		123		1.9523  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		16,035	1.9498  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,024	1.9697  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,057	1.9603  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,785	1.9708  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		751	1.9629  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		738	1.9569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,492	1.9489  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		460	1.9572  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,300	1.9544  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		249	1.9539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,609	1.9616  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,142	1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,267	1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,792	1.9657  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,213	1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,901	1.9679  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		804	1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		312,566	1.9570  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		55,755	1.9489  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,880	1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47,087	1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,579	1.9621  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,003	1.9635  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,269	1.9692  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,616	1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	1.9569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		464	1.9547  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302	1.9549  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,784	1.9541  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,166	1.9569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,392	1.9575  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,432	1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,150	1.9571  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,570	1.9608  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,048	1.9720  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:				09 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	-1,170,329	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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