Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:			18,277,294	2.64%	6,961,926	1.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,808,163	0.98%	17,653,868	2.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,169,982	0.17%
	TOTAL:			25,085,457	3.63%	25,785,776	3.73%
(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		300,000		2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		186,901		2.0044  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		78,821		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		51,210		2.0123  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,098		2.0234  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		38,767		2.0037  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		23,093		2.0071  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,656		2.0256  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,237		2.0094  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,409		2.0279  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,215		2.0033  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,000		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,347		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		2.0280  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,544		2.0183  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		896		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		692		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		437		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		152		2.0560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		163,028		2.0013  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		49,475		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		38,857		2.0163  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		27,421		2.0124  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,106		2.0353  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,404		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,537		2.0329  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,600		2.0455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,254		2.0229  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,196		2.0346  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,377		2.0317  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,977		2.0170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,347		2.0237  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,000		2.0210  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,421		2.0069  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,183		2.0318  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,896		2.0347  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,000		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,259		2.0253  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,375		1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,330		2.0053  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,079		2.0304  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,788		2.0350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,140		2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		896		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		570		2.0190  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		152		2.0601  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		26		1.9994  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		1,089	2.0372  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,634	2.0335  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		12,537	2.0329  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,695	2.0298  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,556	2.0350  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,987	2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,847	2.0199  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,210	2.0123  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		510	2.0192  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		993	2.0189  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,053	2.0299  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,079	2.0304  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,531	2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,000	2.0347  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,196	2.0346  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,600	2.0455  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		211,163	2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,421	2.0069  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,475	1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	2.0230  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		394	2.0253  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,020	2.0192  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,222	2.0210  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,544	2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,409	2.0279  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,452	2.0307  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,258	2.0001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,767	2.0037  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53,234	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		210,000	2.0010  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		437	2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,737	2.0107  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		14,656	2.0256  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		66,332	2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		90,000	2.0010  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:				20 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	-1,169,982	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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