Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				26 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:			28,671,985	4.14%	5,322,048	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,961,777	0.72%	27,890,212	4.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,355	0.17%
	TOTAL:			33,633,762	4.86%	34,382,615	4.97%
(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		135,915		2.0840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		88,921		2.1092  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,045		2.0988  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		29,459		2.1108  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,376		2.0855  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,419		2.1138  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,055		2.1140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,304		2.0961  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,661		2.1006  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,239		2.1034  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,413		2.1120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,618		2.1076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,387		2.0940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,705		2.1080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,679		2.1170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,094		2.0970  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,585		2.0966  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,562		2.1000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,291		2.0977  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,214		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		606		2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		135,915		2.0842  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		79,500		2.1007  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		63,791		2.1139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		53,458		2.1140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,489		2.0989  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,912		2.1089  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,986		2.0980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,977		2.1130  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,902		2.1256  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,296		2.1123  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,607		2.0968  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,413		2.1120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,305		2.0978  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,810		2.0939  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,679		2.1170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,820		2.0840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,214		2.0800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,170		2.1137  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		793		2.1163  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		776		2.1012  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		606		2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		551		2.0880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		181		2.0859  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35		2.1000  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		29,047	2.1025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		551	2.0880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,810	2.0939  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		137,662	2.1092  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		41,468	2.1139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		542	2.0951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27	2.1059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		606	2.1141  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		922	2.1084  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		39	2.1074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		12,309	2.1056  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,045	2.0988  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,549	2.1139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		181	2.0859  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,170	2.1137  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,444	2.1139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,705	2.1253  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,197	2.1279  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,387	2.0940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		944	2.1001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,717	2.1006  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,434	2.1140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,000	2.0972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	2.0702  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		776	2.1012  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57	2.1040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,958	2.1109  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,304	2.0962  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,801	2.1073  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,025	2.1140  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:				29 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	-1,170,355	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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