Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

01 August 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  relevant securities this form relates:			JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
(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:			31 Jul 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				31,060,255	4.49%	5,360,440	0.78%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				5,070,517	0.73%	30,045,645	4.34%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	1,170,364	0.17%
TOTAL:				36,130,772	5.22%	36,576,449	5.29%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	287,019	2.0406  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	211,990	1.9861  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	200,001	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	200,000	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	200,000	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	177,596	2.0341  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	141,326	2.0412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	88,529	2.0064  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	77,181	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	66,203	1.9982  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	60,383	2.0003  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	20,267	2.0148  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	17,940	2.0409  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	15,479	2.0310  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	11,514	2.0068  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	9,827	2.0422  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	6,108	1.9723  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	5,064	2.0087  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	5,012	1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	4,407	2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	4,293	1.9847  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	3,423	2.0004  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	3,114	1.9935  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	3,092	2.0113  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	2,706	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	1,784	1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	1,422	1.9996  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	1,106	1.9680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	985	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Purchase	62	2.0335  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	577,698	2.0381  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	128,291	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	70,000	2.0553  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	32,813	1.9983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	21,814	2.0202  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	18,334	1.9963  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	11,385	2.0328  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	10,451	2.0062  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	10,000	1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	9,180	2.0061  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	8,867	1.9859  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	7,500	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	7,416	2.0209  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	5,636	2.0114  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	5,450	2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	3,024	2.0176  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	1,106	1.9680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	1,064	2.0258  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	985	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	752	2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	688	1.9565  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	635	1.9965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	495	1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	Sale	379	1.9999  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,482	2.0116  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	55,160	2.0398  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	226	2.0558  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,765	1.9945  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	11,168	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	848	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	345	2.0045  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,628	1.9677  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,272	1.9936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	560	2.0322  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	353,049	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	60,000	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	57,255	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	57,000	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	88,529	2.0064  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	2.0920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	211,990	1.9861  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	141,326	2.0412  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,064	2.0258  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,012	1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,293	1.9847  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,417	1.9931  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	21,960	1.9981  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	39,826	1.9988  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50,000	1.9919  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,000	2.0422  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,427	2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,989	2.0234  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	62	2.0335  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,459	2.0028  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	10,000	2.0398  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	183,000	2.0402  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,118	2.0216  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	142,183	2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	140,000	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	142,746	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	60,383	2.0003  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	143,000	2.0010  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				01 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
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  are being disclosed:				Barclays PLC.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this from relates:				JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
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	-1,170,364	1.7390	European	08-May-25
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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