Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			13,561,528	1.96%	6,906,278	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,679,128	0.97%	12,604,688	1.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,351	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,240,656	2.93%	20,681,317	2.99%
(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		77,699		1.8786  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		62,221		1.8780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,122		1.8863  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		18,475		1.8779  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,242		1.8867  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,764		1.8842  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,478		1.8848  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,065		1.8881  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,546		1.8833  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,342		1.8821  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,732		1.8857  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,272		1.8901  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,170		1.8865  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,263		1.8740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		995		1.8920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		851		1.8840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		408		1.8914  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		349		1.8810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		274		1.8843  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		68		1.8890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		77,906		1.8779  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		72,812		1.8788  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		62,030		1.8829  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,836		1.8780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		32,407		1.8864  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		21,903		1.8808  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,056		1.8810  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,125		1.8839  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,478		1.8856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,272		1.8903  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,586		1.8820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,345		1.8835  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,148		1.8860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		689		1.8900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		72		1.8855  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		68		1.8890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		-252		1.8774  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		208	1.8830  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		995	1.8920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,342	1.8821  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,227	1.8812  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,588	1.8860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,122	1.8814  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,692	1.8867  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,122	1.8863  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70,924	1.8780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7	1.8785  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	1.8949  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,239	1.8779  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,671	1.8777  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	1.9000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		137	1.8809  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		689	1.8900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		885	1.8864  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		990	1.8849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,113	1.8815  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,148	1.8860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,345	1.8835  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,478	1.8856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,139	1.8864  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,030	1.8829  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,906	1.8779  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		21,903	1.8808  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:				21 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	-1,170,351	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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