Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			21,172,925	3.06%	6,933,429	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,461,465	0.93%	20,472,926	2.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,419	0.17%
	TOTAL:			27,634,390	3.99%	28,576,774	4.13%
(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		207,973		1.9563  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		61,652		1.9455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		55,164		1.9509  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,793		1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,419		1.9519  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,526		1.9494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,504		1.9506  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,255		1.9496  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,501		1.9474  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,848		1.9481  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,342		1.9399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,182		1.9493  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,228		1.9438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,788		1.9450  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,192		1.9439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,517		1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,440		1.9527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		610		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		53,488		1.9468  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,576		1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,247		1.9484  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,597		1.9439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,272		1.9539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,054		1.9457  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,177		1.9438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,297		1.9467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,751		1.9526  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,927		1.9462  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,028		1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,477		1.9436  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,727		1.9460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,684		1.9350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,394		1.9580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,234		1.9418  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		959		1.9463  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		237		1.9599  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		31,942	1.9455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,878	1.9411  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,455	1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,289	1.9631  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,538	1.9581  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,733	1.9483  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,210	1.9438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,290	1.9467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		446	1.9476  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,681	1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,837	1.9460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,007	1.9467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,751	1.9527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,433	1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,526	1.9494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		610	1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,297	1.9513  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207,973	1.9563  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,177	1.9438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,597	1.9439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,837	1.9443  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,810	1.9480  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,505	1.9499  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,095	1.9512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	1.9618  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,000	1.9555  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		238	1.9389  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		967	1.9483  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,927	1.9462  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,501	1.9474  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,704	1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,255	1.9496  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,164	1.9507  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:				10 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	-1,170,419	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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