Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				19 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:			28,298,680	4.09%	5,907,953	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,556,710	0.80%	27,527,300	3.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,283	0.17%
	TOTAL:			33,855,390	4.89%	34,605,536	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		39,016		2.0674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		31,394		2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,235		2.0669  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,930		2.0678  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,703		2.0698  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,988		2.0672  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		2.0760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,277		2.0746  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,958		2.0740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,074		2.0664  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,030		2.0730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,575		2.0685  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,302		2.0702  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		800		2.0640  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		446		2.0780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		74		2.0690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		2.0704  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2		2.0737  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,570		2.0691  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,853		2.0663  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,898		2.0684  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,525		2.0687  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,604		2.0656  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,569		2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,582		2.0604  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,094		2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,962		2.0740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,958		2.0742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,074		2.0685  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,032		2.0669  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,644		2.0639  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,369		2.0659  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,319		2.0770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		800		2.0640  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		327		2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22		2.0619  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		1,159	2.0683  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,673	2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		194	2.0657  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,282	2.0674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		303	2.0645  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,924	2.0664  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,074	2.0684  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,525	2.0687  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,471	2.0738  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,570	2.0691  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,846	2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,988	2.0672  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,302	2.0681  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,582	2.0604  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		564	2.0659  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		327	2.0673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74	2.0690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,000	2.0760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,644	2.0639  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		805	2.0659  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,758	2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22	2.0619  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,930	2.0678  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,302	2.0702  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,898	2.0684  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,411	2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,380	2.0682  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:				22 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	-1,170,283	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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