Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			28,077,175	4.06%	6,708,374	0.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,323,412	0.91%	27,273,187	3.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,241	0.17%
	TOTAL:			34,400,587	4.97%	35,151,802	5.08%
(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		45,680		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		35,345		2.0218  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,640		2.0220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,989		2.0065  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,350		2.0152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,837		2.0074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,854		1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		594		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24		1.9970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		44,139		2.0046  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		40,725		2.0110  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		39,592		2.0143  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		37,296		2.0219  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,305		2.0126  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		28,442		2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,854		1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,833		2.0220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,284		2.0222  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,505		2.0034  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,754		2.0026  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,829		2.0002  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,734		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,854		1.9982  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,626		2.0106  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,177		2.0021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,976		1.9994  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,909		2.0079  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,620		2.0218  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		169		2.0066  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		124		2.0000  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		15,716	2.0043  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,200	2.0007  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,639	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,505	2.0034  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,620	2.0218  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,218	2.0200  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,237	2.0083  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,224	1.9979  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,177	2.0021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,442	2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,704	1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		594	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,350	2.0152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,829	2.0002  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,302	2.0007  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,052	2.0019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,358	2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,427	2.0085  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,296	2.0219  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,000	2.0022  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		913	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,626	2.0106  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,725	2.0110  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,909	2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271	2.0220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,976	1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,837	2.0074  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:				16 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	-1,170,241	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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