Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

05 June 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:				04 Jun 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:			14,558,485	2.10%	5,451,746	0.79%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,261,067	0.76%	13,662,156	1.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,349	0.17%
	TOTAL:			19,819,552	2.86%	20,284,251	2.93%
(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		2,763,306		1.7912  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		90,710		1.7953  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		78,132		1.7936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		1.7958  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		40,286		1.8030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		40,196		1.7949  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		29,923		1.7888  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		28,114		1.7872  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		16,355		1.7814  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,628		1.7887  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,680		1.7967  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,970		1.7864  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,039		1.7884  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,830		1.7840  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,754		1.7909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,931		1.7878  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,717		1.7874  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,702		1.7930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,587		1.7900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,480		1.7833  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,300		1.7756  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,833		1.7938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,839		1.7890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,628		1.7895  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,137		1.7836  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,096		1.7862  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,065		1.7940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,663		1.7818  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		1.7935  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,861		1.7660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,834		1.7943  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,623		1.7873  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,601		1.7960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,494		1.7845  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,126		1.7910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		834		1.7710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		449		1.7789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,417,606		1.7898  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		428,047		1.7926  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		223,755		1.7996  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		210,702		1.7935  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		160,600		1.7950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		136,682		1.7930  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		117,479		1.7934  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		75,623		1.7912  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		61,557		1.7900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		56,826		1.7892  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		40,431		1.7951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		37,289		1.8030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		36,949		1.7965  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		36,769		1.7924  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,189		1.7933  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,700		1.7913  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		24,720		1.7908  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,766		1.7815  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22,466		1.7936  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,533		1.7819  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,587		1.7911  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,626		1.8029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,512		1.7861  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,582		1.7944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,173		1.7868  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,985		1.7822  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,960		1.7825  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,126		1.7910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,085		1.7660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,064		1.8000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,063		1.7955  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		834		1.7710  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25		1.7860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		37		1.8024  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		100	1.7920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		603	1.7770  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,065	1.7940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,427	1.8030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,766	1.7853  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,985	1.7822  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		24,631	1.7986  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,720	1.7908  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,826	1.7892  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57,144	1.7900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,776	1.8030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,953	1.8028  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		169	1.7899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,274	1.7966  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,880	1.7868  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,046	1.7707  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,626	1.8029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,671	1.7825  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,866	1.7835  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,157	1.7951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		116	1.7789  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,032	1.7899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,494	1.7845  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,601	1.7960  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,798	1.7938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,031	1.7877  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,066	1.7944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,970	1.7864  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,390	1.7863  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,001	1.7890  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		324,377	1.7912  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		18,267	1.7941  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:				05 Jun 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	-1,170,349	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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