Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			13,572,808	1.96%	6,834,030	0.99%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,697,555	0.97%	12,626,271	1.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,348	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,270,363	2.93%	20,630,649	2.98%
(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		243,274		1.8983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		199,843		1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		119,962		1.8775  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		77,154		1.8930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		27,198		1.8750  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,673		1.8850  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,858		1.9119  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,503		1.8825  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,973		1.9004  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,292		1.9080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,121		1.8800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,116		1.9020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,300		1.8738  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,765		1.8943  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,146		1.8872  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,457		1.8910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		872		1.9240  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		803		1.8858  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		764		1.9350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		702		1.8500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		500		1.8980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		135		1.9074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		108		1.8640  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		325,877		1.8967  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		193,227		1.8764  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		88,774		1.8934  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		55,555		1.8889  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,316		1.8739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		31,348		1.8941  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		28,056		1.8746  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		21,157		1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,303		1.8904  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,751		1.8819  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,970		1.8880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,226		1.8541  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,097		1.8857  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,941		1.9026  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,374		1.8840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		872		1.9241  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		764		1.9350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		702		1.8500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		516		1.8870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		358		1.8940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		290		1.8980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35		1.8919  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		-145		1.8729  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		59	1.9103  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,486	1.8874  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11,036	1.9015  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		172,753	1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		183,732	1.8762  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		116	1.9160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	1.9035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		223	1.8934  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		500	1.8980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		803	1.8858  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,445	1.8835  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,777	1.9020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,116	1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,858	1.9119  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,403	1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		191	1.9177  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,239	1.8841  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,330	1.8837  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35	1.8919  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		358	1.8940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,941	1.9026  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,097	1.8857  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,324	1.8820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,226	1.8541  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,751	1.8819  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,348	1.8941  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,316	1.8739  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		55,555	1.8889  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		88,774	1.8934  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	1.9064  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		382	1.9177  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,112	1.9055  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,210	1.9053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,610	1.8741  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		21,974	1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		11,094	1.8911  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:				17 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	-1,170,348	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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