Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

20 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:				17 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:			13,599,831	1.97%	6,847,182	0.99%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,625,580	0.96%	12,623,361	1.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,345	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,225,411	2.92%	20,640,888	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		237,188		1.8550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		67,015		1.8523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		36,731		1.8547  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,766		1.8543  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,740		1.8542  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,422		1.8624  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,725		1.8598  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,002		1.8569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,625		1.8583  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,419		1.8596  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,390		1.8453  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,379		1.8540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,281		1.8390  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		835		1.8644  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		193		1.8539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		158		1.8400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		139		1.8455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		126		1.8584  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		131,209		1.8543  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		64,751		1.8549  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		63,440		1.8545  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35,578		1.8519  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,325		1.8550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,125		1.8720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,783		1.8414  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,107		1.8601  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,200		1.8589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,186		1.8401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,859		1.8430  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,611		1.8570  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,394		1.8588  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,379		1.8320  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,025		1.8533  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		799		1.8530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		426		1.8417  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		226		1.8565  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		224		1.8576  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		224		1.8590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		113		1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		71		1.8583  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13		1.9200  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		248	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,033	1.8350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,625	1.8583  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,002	1.8569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,077	1.8575  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,448	1.8547  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,078	1.8614  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,153	1.8580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,740	1.8542  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,422	1.8549  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		119,751	1.8550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,799	1.8527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,528	1.8550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13	1.9198  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71	1.8583  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		80	1.8564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		144	1.8582  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		226	1.8565  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,025	1.8533  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,186	1.8401  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,552	1.8490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,578	1.8519  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,258	1.8545  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		64,751	1.8549  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		21	1.8552  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		444	1.8584  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,186	1.8558  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		12,766	1.8545  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:				20 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	-1,170,345	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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