Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			28,584,105	4.13%	5,628,654	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,298,324	0.77%	27,842,032	4.02%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,339	0.17%
	TOTAL:			33,882,429	4.90%	34,641,025	5.01%
(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		161,038		2.0880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		126,607		2.0988  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		123,659		2.0936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		92,427		2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		87,002		2.0957  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		39,320		2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		36,701		2.0899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,579		2.0902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,310		2.1018  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,425		2.0900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,317		2.0965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,193		2.0944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,406		2.0890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,601		2.0907  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,611		2.0906  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,569		2.0915  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,550		2.0811  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,520		2.0817  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		382		2.1021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		161,038		2.0880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		157,185		2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		80,066		2.1003  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50,000		2.0902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,558		2.1019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,599		2.0904  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,324		2.0951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,707		2.0900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,165		2.0946  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,740		2.0899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,100		2.0903  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,066		2.0860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,626		2.0953  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,258		2.0996  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		565		2.1000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		306		2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23		2.0800  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		1,300	2.0818  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,453	2.0898  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		565	2.1000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,374	2.1013  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	2.0939  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		900	2.0891  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7	2.0942  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	2.0938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		191	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,100	2.0903  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,787	2.0972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		125,926	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		105,821	2.1001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		305	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,599	2.0904  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,247	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,014	2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,084	2.0952  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,355	2.1000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,740	2.0899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,626	2.0953  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,837	2.0902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,569	2.0915  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,518	2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		99,719	2.0935  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,595	2.0962  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,052	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,000	2.0802  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,165	2.0946  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,258	2.0996  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,558	2.1019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,317	2.0965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		382	2.1021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,193	2.0944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,066	2.0860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,274	2.1020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,742	2.0902  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,084	2.0949  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:				25 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	-1,170,339	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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