Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			28,728,651	4.15%	5,343,076	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,009,445	0.72%	27,970,149	4.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,373	0.17%
	TOTAL:			33,738,096	4.88%	34,483,598	4.98%
(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		211,945		2.0770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		142,053		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		69,877		2.0742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		55,432		2.0796  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,279		2.0761  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		22,210		2.0799  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,782		2.0776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,049		2.0730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,087		2.0749  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,893		2.0766  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,857		2.0729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,510		2.0732  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,991		2.0797  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,763		2.0753  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,330		2.0780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,839		2.0671  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		2.0820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,159		2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		763		2.0683  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		600		2.0740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		510		2.0662  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4		2.0760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		65,659		2.0731  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		36,112		2.0749  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,568		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,293		2.0720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,781		2.0727  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,898		2.0860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,235		2.0748  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,604		2.0805  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,422		2.0754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,700		2.0686  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,563		2.0802  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,255		2.0626  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,127		2.0757  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		867		2.0789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		633		2.0820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		92		2.0797  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		39,980	2.0725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		800	2.0767  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,353	2.0740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,898	2.0860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	2.0786  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,320	2.0801  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,794	2.0748  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		19,730	2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,700	2.0686  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,073	2.0708  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,112	2.0749  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		803	2.1180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,893	2.0766  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,655	2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,293	2.0720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,763	2.0753  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,009	2.0756  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,086	2.0765  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		130,137	2.0766  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,782	2.0776  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,713	2.0785  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		96,607	2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,000	2.0722  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,127	2.0757  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		867	2.0789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		92	2.0798  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,087	2.0749  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,835	2.0610  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,422	2.0754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		510	2.0662  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106,285	2.0741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,165	2.0761  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,505	2.0800  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:				26 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	-1,170,373	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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