Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

15 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:				12 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:			28,118,100	4.06%	6,586,907	0.95%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,177,305	0.89%	27,299,279	3.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,197	0.17%
	TOTAL:			34,295,405	4.96%	35,056,383	5.07%
(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		1,800,000		2.0510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,781,139		1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		452,857		1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		120,000		1.9921  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,016		2.0047  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,478		2.0026  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,984		2.0063  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,150		2.0074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,274		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,968		2.0050  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,461		2.0062  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,640		2.0056  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,392		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,733		2.0342  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,125		1.9888  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,894		2.0038  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,776		2.0259  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,077		1.9951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		681		2.0076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		675		2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		613		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		338		1.9964  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		321,052		1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		70,245		2.0143  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		26,320		1.9889  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,548		1.9915  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,094		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,802		1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,053		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,185		2.0005  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,538		2.0027  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,416		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		832		2.0011  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		613		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		338		1.9965  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		Increasing Long		3,491	2.0024  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,328	1.9934  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,633	2.0058  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		26,198	1.9891  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,152	2.0085  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,897	2.0105  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,375	1.9940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		311,249	1.9893  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,718,186	1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,357	2.0152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,701	2.0340  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,873	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,053	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		248,905	1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,000	1.9921  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,478	2.0026  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		675	2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		522,000	2.0510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,320	1.9889  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,366	1.9995  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		186	1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,185	2.0005  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,736	2.0021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		64,957	2.0154  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,461	2.0062  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	2.0052  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		377	2.0560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		754	2.0560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,802	1.9960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		681	2.0076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		947	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		153,991	1.9890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,000	1.9921  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,733	2.0342  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,278,000	2.0510  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:				15 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	-1,170,197	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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