Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC
16 May 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:

15 May 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:

 

 

13,578,009

1.96%

6,748,257

0.98%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,547,130

0.95%

12,551,678

1.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

1,170,333

0.17%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

20,125,139

2.91%

20,470,268

2.96%

(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

922,405

1.8623  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

457,624

1.8845  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

109,072

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

86,172

1.9396  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

67,442

1.9226  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

52,106

2.0721  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

46,645

1.9198  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

39,063

1.9202  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

38,844

2.0024  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,826

1.9527  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,780

2.0000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,161

1.9539  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

19,133

1.9988  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,423

1.9176  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,527

2.0055  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,381

2.0069  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,072

1.8722  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,800

1.9712  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,117

1.8654  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,664

2.0178  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,694

1.9481  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,595

1.9976  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

2.0018  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,878

1.9702  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,622

2.0181  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,016

1.9950  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,977

1.9992  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,743

2.0391  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,437

1.9946  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,981

2.0030  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,750

1.9645  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,566

2.0636  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,230

2.0120  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,089

1.9458  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,980

2.0100  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,972

1.9494  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,966

2.0012  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,093

2.0300  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,441

2.0019  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,395

1.9899  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,178

1.8729  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,028

1.9895  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

939

2.1000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

731

1.9233  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

668

1.9910  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

644

1.8795  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

623

2.1050  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

522

1.8554  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

441

2.0137  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

435

1.9830  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

373

2.0014  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

283

1.8855  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

244

1.9980  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

155

2.0135  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

45

1.9855  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

33

2.0247  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

29

2.0260  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4

2.0160  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3

2.0080  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2

1.8820  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

128,661

2.0348  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

111,475

1.9467  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

86,199

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

83,900

1.8624  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

83,254

1.8623  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

67,021

1.9855  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

58,374

1.9508  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

57,011

2.0025  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

39,889

1.9317  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

34,205

1.9725  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

9,261

1.9680  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,469

2.0079  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,096

1.9977  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,016

1.9950  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,517

1.9751  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,980

2.0100  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.9170  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,482

1.9137  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,285

1.8866  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,093

2.0300  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,915

1.9258  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,810

2.0000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,442

1.9691  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,200

1.9922  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

644

1.8795  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

600

1.8865  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

600

2.0040  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

435

1.9830  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

373

2.0016  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

283

1.8856  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

29

2.0260  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4

2.0160  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3

2.0080  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2

1.8820  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3

1.8554  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

Closing Short

6,979

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

244

1.9980  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,395

1.9899  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,541

1.8649  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,531

1.8736  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,117

1.8654  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,274

1.9246  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,574

1.9319  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,919

1.9564  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,826

1.9527  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39,063

1.9202  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

67,442

1.9226  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

835,893

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

291

2.0039  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,493

1.9817  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

59,236

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

84,500

1.8624  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

735

2.0139  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,908

1.9326  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,915

1.9258  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,030

2.0170  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,285

1.8866  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,817

1.9069  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,205

1.9725  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52,842

1.9465  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,246

2.0018  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

582

2.0039  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

700

1.9481  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,417

1.9711  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,579

1.9752  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,388

1.8560  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

457,624

1.8845  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,056

1.9528  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

34,396

1.9237  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

39,766

1.9745  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:

16 May 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

-1,170,333

1.7390

European

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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