Form 8.3 -JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			17,857,925	2.58%	7,174,908	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,975,225	1.01%	17,178,896	2.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,334	0.17%
	TOTAL:			24,833,150	3.59%	25,524,138	3.69%
(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		144,252		1.9611  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		37,629		1.9579  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,349		1.9622  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		29,346		1.9591  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		24,928		1.9614  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		12,493		1.9580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,405		1.9603  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,591		1.9644  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,059		1.9688  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		581		1.9589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		286		1.9551  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		130,371		1.9618  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		84,583		1.9584  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		64,650		1.9581  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,485		1.9579  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30,797		1.9587  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,683		1.9610  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,970		1.9585  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,764		1.9604  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,321		1.9642  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,331		1.9595  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,539		1.9580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,120		1.9621  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,702		1.9589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,206		1.9629  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,984		1.9641  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,552		1.9609  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,525		1.9620  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,164		1.9627  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		927		1.9650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		354		1.9542  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		158		1.9520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		30		1.9574  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		581	1.9589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,059	1.9688  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		12,295	1.9580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		286	1.9551  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,928	1.9614  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		412	1.9686  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,645	1.9627  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,493	1.9648  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,702	1.9589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,256	1.9603  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,572	1.9613  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,970	1.9585  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		23,358	1.9586  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		63,572	1.9675  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68	1.9636  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		354	1.9542  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		396	1.9589  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		400	1.9650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		469	1.9674  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,030	1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,331	1.9595  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,728	1.9644  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,986	1.9579  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,926	1.9574  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,364	1.9599  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		97,616	1.9622  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		765	1.9598  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		824	1.9686  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,071	1.9628  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,120	1.9625  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,630	1.9580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,349	1.9622  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		63,572	1.9675  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144,252	1.9611  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		18	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		527	1.9650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,017	1.9581  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,981	1.9653  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		30,797	1.9587  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		16,363	1.9625  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:				18 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	-1,170,334	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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