Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			29,017,275	4.19%	5,407,085	0.78%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,062,110	0.73%	28,233,892	4.08%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,349	0.17%
	TOTAL:			34,079,385	4.93%	34,811,326	5.03%
(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		220,521		2.1008  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		160,537		2.0742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		154,929		2.0456  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		53,290		2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		39,686		2.0613  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		37,552		2.0665  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,345		2.0823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,642		2.0338  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,386		2.0790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,218		2.1080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,080		2.1100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,508		2.0901  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,005		2.1060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,232		2.0561  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,090		2.0925  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,323		2.0700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		923		2.0680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		324		2.0767  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		153,509		2.0351  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		92,245		2.0697  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		70,230		2.0339  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		47,893		2.0666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		24,167		2.0617  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,165		2.0747  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,383		2.0549  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,138		2.0572  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,719		2.0577  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,204		2.0823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,783		2.0770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,652		2.0771  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,445		2.0691  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,959		2.1060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,000		2.0410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,846		2.0680  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		17,350	2.1018  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,000	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		146,071	2.0499  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		414	2.0771  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,231	2.0339  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	2.0904  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		812	2.0486  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		922	2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,167	2.0338  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,533	2.0747  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		47,890	2.0371  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,231	2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,389	2.0913  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		157,308	2.0742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,439	2.0901  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,229	2.0742  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69	2.0901  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,858	2.0341  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,734	2.0790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,156	2.1009  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		70,230	2.0339  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,510	2.0668  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,843	2.0682  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45,967	2.0710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,925	2.0717  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,652	2.0771  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,846	2.1080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,080	2.1100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		324	2.0768  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	2.0677  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,000	2.0735  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,232	2.0561  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37,552	2.0665  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,932	2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,090	2.0925  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		154,365	2.1009  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:				30 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	-1,170,349	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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