Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			14,224,144	2.06%	6,721,674	0.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,522,421	0.94%	13,388,191	1.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,338	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,746,565	3.00%	21,280,203	3.08%
(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		110,259		1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		108,655		1.9083  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,176		1.9037  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,334		1.9150  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,292		1.9177  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,737		1.9209  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,598		1.9089  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,506		1.9220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,134		1.9025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,625		1.9285  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,077		1.9268  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,886		1.9140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,871		1.9100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,161		1.9400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,941		1.9327  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,480		1.9410  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,419		1.9086  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,229		1.9300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,229		1.9299  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,213		1.9002  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		725		1.9390  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		236,187		1.9043  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		184,472		1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,755		1.9167  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,181		1.9296  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,933		1.9234  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,723		1.9189  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,653		1.9029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,878		1.8850  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,660		1.9152  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,993		1.9113  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,782		1.9314  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,640		1.9300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,606		1.9046  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		761		1.9117  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		287		1.9170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		120		1.9025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,243		1.9024  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 Long		7,134	1.9025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		674	1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,419	1.9086  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,161	1.9400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,121	1.9285  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,556	1.9060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,506	1.9220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,598	1.9089  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,371	1.9072  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,176	1.9037  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		78,189	1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		101,969	1.9141  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80	1.9039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,232	1.9297  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,878	1.8850  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,923	1.9167  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,899	1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22,921	1.9029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		761	1.9117  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		978	1.9231  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,782	1.9314  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,417	1.9102  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,600	1.8929  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,000	1.9210  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,551	1.9318  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,652	1.9290  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,653	1.9029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,723	1.9189  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,446	1.9216  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,755	1.9167  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		192,905	1.9030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		236	1.9019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		13,163	1.9163  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:				29 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	-1,170,338	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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