Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			24,246,326	3.50%	6,531,368	0.94%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,086,536	0.88%	23,477,661	3.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,392	0.17%
	TOTAL:			30,332,862	4.38%	31,179,421	4.51%
(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		124,911		2.0521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		77,117		2.0473  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		64,695		2.0574  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		58,078		2.0558  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		57,659		2.0597  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		49,273		2.0196  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		47,290		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		28,438		2.0532  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,410		2.0548  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,810		2.0499  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,934		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		2.0515  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		843		2.0540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		771		2.0485  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		106,710		2.0484  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		79,089		2.0457  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		64,695		2.0574  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,672		2.0422  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		29,598		2.0559  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,314		2.0461  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,709		2.0513  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,349		2.0532  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,324		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,136		2.0492  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,855		2.0577  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,082		2.0545  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,279		2.0521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,253		2.0564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,857		2.0480  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,830		2.0530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,586		2.0502  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,694		2.0580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,447		2.0557  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,415		2.0540  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		13,256	2.0488  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,700	2.0398  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,038	2.0499  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		18,519	2.0547  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	2.0469  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		651	2.0527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,391	2.0458  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,709	2.0513  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,564	2.0368  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,941	2.0498  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		824	2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,507	2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,241	2.0528  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,855	2.0577  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,395	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,185	2.0510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,078	2.0558  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		76,748	2.0467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,028	2.0501  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,273	2.0529  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		661	2.0531  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,253	2.0564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,898	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,819	2.0597  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		840	2.0600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,000	2.0482  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	1.9941  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		682	2.0401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,669	2.0506  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		124,911	2.0521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,199	2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		899	2.0580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,378	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,454	2.0487  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,438	2.0532  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:				12 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	-1,170,392	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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