Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			26,247,237	3.79%	6,467,996	0.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,099,585	0.88%	25,459,775	3.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,286	0.17%
	TOTAL:			32,346,822	4.68%	33,098,057	4.78%
(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		231,925		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		146,910		2.0404  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		79,789		2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		32,560		2.0421  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,875		2.0347  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,845		2.0271  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,392		2.0142  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,793		2.0161  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		188		2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		125		2.0322  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,652,593		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		160,250		2.0431  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		70,458		2.0315  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		63,670		2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,869		2.0206  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		28,577		2.0227  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,177		2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,382		2.0441  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,800		2.0242  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,519		2.0211  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,490		2.0432  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,808		2.0199  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,789		2.0302  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,344		2.0052  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,000		2.0240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,140		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		923		2.0261  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		428		2.0121  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		415		2.0341  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		330		2.0238  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		12,606	2.0178  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,260	2.0001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		496	2.0439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	2.0192  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,800	2.0242  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,987	2.0281  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,637,181	2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		131,516	2.0429  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,670	2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,188	2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	2.0033  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,577	2.0227  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,088	2.0240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		83,344	2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,875	2.0347  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,074	1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,270	2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,808	2.0199  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		330	2.0238  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,364	2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		125	2.0322  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		300	2.0373  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		181	2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		215,992	2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		8,684	2.0206  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,490	2.0432  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,000	2.0437  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000	2.0202  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		428	2.0121  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		415	2.0341  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,570	2.0318  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		218	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,185	2.0206  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,354	2.0209  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67,919	2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,793	2.0161  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:				17 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	-1,170,286	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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