Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			28,373,153	4.10%	6,215,283	0.90%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,858,883	0.85%	27,581,085	3.99%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,351	0.17%
	TOTAL:			34,232,036	4.95%	34,966,719	5.05%
(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		1,000,000		2.0270  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		500,000		2.0163  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		183,572		2.0454  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		183,572		2.0412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		179,383		2.0471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		146,858		2.0512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		92,723		2.0475  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		50,860		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		50,358		2.0451  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		41,827		2.0455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		37,962		2.0473  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,172		2.0416  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,952		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		21,070		2.0461  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,090		2.0502  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,974		2.0428  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,308		2.0450  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,186		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,656		2.0445  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,594		2.0439  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,144		2.0458  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,466		2.0457  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,361		2.0390  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		786		2.0444  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		443		2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		107		2.0438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		47,160		2.0401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		38,273		2.0458  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35,197		2.0461  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		26,799		2.0465  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		26,252		2.0406  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,915		2.0478  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,132		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,446		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,797		2.0421  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,468		2.0459  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,434		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,944		2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		629		2.0359  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		243		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		44		2.0430  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32		2.0560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30		2.0440  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		84,221	2.0482  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		360	2.0363  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		668	2.0461  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33	2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,860	2.0473  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		21,803	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,500	2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		18,795	2.0464  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		42,149	2.0463  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,531	2.0540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,468	2.0459  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,915	2.0478  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		632	2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		143,000	2.0163  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		286,000	2.0270  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,827	2.0455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,149	2.0459  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,793	2.0474  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		183,572	2.0412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		183,572	2.0454  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		146,858	2.0512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,422	2.0429  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		786	2.0444  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,197	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,209	2.0462  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74,847	2.0481  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		443	2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		245	2.0520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,664	2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,320	2.0428  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,656	2.0445  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,000	2.0401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		219	2.0456  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,308	2.0450  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		894	2.0465  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,944	2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		629	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		357,000	2.0163  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		714,000	2.0270  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,980	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,505	2.0468  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,962	2.0473  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:				18 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	-1,170,351	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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