Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			19,538,329	2.82%	7,113,101	1.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,954,841	1.01%	18,928,860	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,545	0.17%
	TOTAL:			26,493,170	3.83%	27,212,506	3.93%
(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		103,318		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		99,060		1.9943  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		71,366		1.9942  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		58,851		1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		47,918		1.9510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,275		1.9941  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,844		1.9947  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,230		1.9883  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,486		1.9976  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,613		1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,475		1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,203		1.9999  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,203		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		723		1.9874  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		343		1.9841  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		61		1.9880  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		75,976		1.9945  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		71,366		1.9942  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		61,038		1.9894  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,476		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		20,512		1.9911  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,837		1.9951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,070		1.9914  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,991		1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		15,717		1.9938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,948		1.9924  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,608		1.9809  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,672		1.9939  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,013		1.9923  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,905		1.9783  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,781		1.9995  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,331		1.9690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,203		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		113		1.9740  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		804	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,327	1.9837  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		411	1.9892  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		500	1.9870  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,283	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,475	1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,532	1.9897  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,195	1.9973  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,706	1.9952  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		101,231	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	1.9800  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,331	1.9690  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,706	1.9755  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,725	1.9974  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,385	1.9944  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,948	1.9924  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,717	1.9938  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,837	1.9951  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,000	1.9799  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62	1.9824  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		528	1.9925  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		630	1.9878  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,418	1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,744	1.9799  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,454	1.9900  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,672	1.9939  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,249	1.9905  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	1.9940  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		343	1.9841  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		584	1.9853  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,613	1.9849  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,486	1.9976  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,000	2.0002  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,230	1.9883  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,868	1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,918	1.9509  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:				25 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	-1,170,545	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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