Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

28 June 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:				27 Jun 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:			20,206,677	2.92%	7,074,103	1.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,838,024	0.99%	19,591,002	2.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,325	0.17%
	TOTAL:			27,044,701	3.91%	27,835,430	4.02%
(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		349,278		1.9611  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		127,036		2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		34,234		1.9842  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		31,066		1.9408  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,528		2.0009  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,428		1.9592  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,528		2.0278  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,300		2.0066  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,495		1.9781  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,669		1.9654  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,736		1.9590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,754		1.9483  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,203		1.9752  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,222		1.9677  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,371		1.9886  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,242		1.9400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,554		1.9671  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,546		1.9817  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,571		2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,505		1.9819  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,505		1.9820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		1.9810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		873		1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		300		1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		95		1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		456,694		2.0323  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50,434		1.9877  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		47,144		2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35,443		1.9840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,064		2.0047  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		31,291		2.0045  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		28,819		1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		19,396		2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,563		2.0361  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,069		1.9952  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,879		2.0025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,495		1.9994  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,978		1.9989  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,257		1.9892  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,465		1.9595  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,327		1.9941  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,847		1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,000		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,972		1.9758  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,505		1.9820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,483		1.9978  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		832		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		75		1.9710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		37		2.0192  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		412		2.0348  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		199	1.9990  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		873	1.9790  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,860	1.9867  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,546	1.9817  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,848	1.9775  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,638	1.9739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,537	1.9871  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		127,036	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,101	2.0220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,465	1.9595  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,708	1.9881  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,346	1.9885  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,070	1.9788  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,443	1.9840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		39,552	2.0358  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,000	1.9998  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,434	1.9877  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		388,072	2.0360  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		763	1.9738  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,209	1.9771  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,879	2.0025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,396	2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	1.9150  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		635	1.9784  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		767	1.9636  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,638	1.9528  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,554	1.9671  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,669	1.9654  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,000	1.9788  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,428	1.9592  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,854	2.0050  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		349,278	1.9611  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,501	2.0212  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,503	1.9957  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:				28 Jun 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	-1,170,325	1.7390	European	TBD
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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