Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			18,035,718	2.61%	7,072,168	1.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,891,189	1.00%	17,399,518	2.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,254	0.17%
	TOTAL:			24,926,907	3.60%	25,641,940	3.71%
(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		148,147		2.0049  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		123,001		2.0121  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		88,018		2.0087  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		64,808		2.0053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		61,770		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		53,413		1.9963  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,118		2.0091  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,175		1.9920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,607		2.0117  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		1.9695  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,062		2.0028  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,991		2.0158  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,379		2.0079  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,769		1.9983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,469		2.0089  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		2.0110  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,468		2.0056  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,387		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,377		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,940		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,736		1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,393		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		506		2.0040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		95		2.0074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		50		2.0090  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		107,333		2.0034  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		79,944		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		64,686		2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		40,268		2.0159  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,055		2.0072  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,898		1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,587		2.0121  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,233		2.0075  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,884		2.0115  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,688		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,421		2.0052  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,283		2.0057  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,194		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,000		2.0110  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,759		2.0113  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,585		2.0079  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,513		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,393		2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,224		1.9968  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,012		2.0040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		700		1.9650  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		435		1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		41		1.9714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		278		2.0154  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		38	2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50	2.0090  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		204	1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		212	2.0077  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,736	1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,949	2.0072  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,468	2.0056  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,769	1.9983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,554	2.0094  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		53,413	1.9963  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,134	2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		145,948	2.0049  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		316	1.9652  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,224	1.9968  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,177	1.9724  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,233	2.0076  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,898	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,021	2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41	1.9714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		435	1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		889	1.9640  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,421	2.0052  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,055	2.0072  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,197	1.9630  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,268	2.0159  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		51,447	2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		64,686	2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49	2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		632	1.9652  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		799	1.9943  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,775	1.9823  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,253	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,175	1.9920  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,808	2.0053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174,000	2.0091  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:				19 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	-1,170,254	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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