Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			28,272,112	4.09%	5,947,348	0.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,571,431	0.81%	27,490,963	3.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,396	0.17%
	TOTAL:			33,843,543	4.89%	34,608,707	5.00%
(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		163,529		2.0705  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		115,372		2.0641  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		83,365		2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		65,500		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		55,478		2.0678  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		47,445		2.0730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		36,360		2.0671  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		28,811		2.0686  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,908		2.0636  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,698		2.0683  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,201		2.0726  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,945		2.0708  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,339		2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,892		2.0700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,612		2.0554  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,966		2.0682  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,516		2.0711  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,014		2.0653  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,799		2.0654  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,874		2.0580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,264		2.0690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,066		2.0707  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,037		2.0725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,576		2.0675  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,175		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,771		2.0799  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,759		2.0634  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,377		2.0670  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,358		2.0780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		803		2.0760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		507		2.0616  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		165		2.0620  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		118,928		2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		114,984		2.0714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		100,000		2.0695  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		85,285		2.0690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		69,209		2.0498  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		27,202		2.0700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		17,181		2.0674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,343		2.0681  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,693		2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,537		2.0677  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,452		2.0697  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,172		2.0791  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,027		2.0623  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,037		2.0727  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,771		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,305		2.0586  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		803		2.0760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		248		2.0679  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		165		2.0620  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		141		2.0619  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		105		2.0480  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		122,917	2.0717  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		996	2.0698  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		9,584	2.0649  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		395	2.0632  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,650	2.0700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,202	2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,452	2.0697  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,172	2.0791  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		25,805	2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,342	2.0704  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		21,793	2.0662  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,305	2.0586  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,181	2.0674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,805	2.0720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,014	2.0653  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		218	2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,806	2.0713  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		404	2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		141	2.0619  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		507	2.0616  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98,909	2.0626  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,179	2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,966	2.0682  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,468	2.0693  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,921	2.0725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,074	2.0739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		966	2.0665  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,491	2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,759	2.0634  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,759	2.0639  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,214	2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,834	2.0690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,731	2.0500  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:				19 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	-1,170,396	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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