Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				21 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:			19,530,700	2.82%	7,165,907	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,009,417	1.01%	18,925,791	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,366	0.17%
	TOTAL:			26,540,117	3.84%	27,262,064	3.94%
(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		660,042		1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		574,219		1.9661  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		154,913		1.9683  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		71,064		1.9658  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		57,545		1.9696  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		57,115		1.9704  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		40,365		1.9709  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,345		1.9695  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,675		1.9664  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,282		1.9794  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,955		1.9723  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,574		1.9765  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,523		1.9746  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,170		1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,034		1.9835  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		704		1.9679  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		247		1.9648  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		238		1.9720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		104		1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7		1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		740,487		1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		164,830		1.9659  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50,652		1.9671  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		35,785		1.9672  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		27,463		1.9716  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,204		1.9704  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,152		1.9666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,751		1.9676  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,594		1.9834  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,308		1.9725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,375		1.9673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,574		1.9767  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,348		1.9766  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,566		1.9800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,508		1.9675  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,034		1.9836  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		968		1.9763  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		625		1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		400		1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		238		1.9720  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		50		1.9670  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8		1.9780  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7		1.9690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7		1.9760  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7		1.9730  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		548		1.9648  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		75	1.9740  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	2.0200  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	1.9754  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	1.9735  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,508	1.9675  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,283	1.9668  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,348	1.9767  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,375	1.9673  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,152	1.9666  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		179	1.9729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,703	1.9716  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,751	1.9676  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,943	1.9732  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,125	1.9699  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,785	1.9672  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		165,338	1.9659  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		368	1.9705  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,187	1.9714  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,675	1.9664  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,000	1.9700  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,365	1.9708  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,704	1.9704  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		154,913	1.9683  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		272,718	1.9660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		291,649	1.9661  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:				24 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	-1,170,366	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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