Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC
23 May 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

(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:

22 May 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

14,186,068

2.05%

6,916,629

1.00%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,691,550

0.97%

13,110,391

1.90%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

1,170,338

0.17%

 

 TOTAL:

 

20,877,618

3.02%

21,197,358

3.06%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

297,531

1.7908  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

223,214

1.8009  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

165,824

1.7997  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

109,919

1.8000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

75,105

1.8001  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

39,483

1.7940  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

38,192

1.7932  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

15,024

1.7927  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

12,944

1.7996  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,260

1.7970  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,916

1.7963  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,801

1.8200  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,710

1.7854  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,574

1.7960  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

619

1.7994  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

116

1.7900  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

147,394

1.7915  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

71,003

1.8000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

68,487

1.7967  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

52,255

1.7961  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

16,380

1.7999  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,578

1.7954  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,808

1.7900  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,318

1.7977  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,765

1.7905  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,916

1.7965  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,384

1.7949  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,080

1.7934  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

784

1.7935  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

270

1.7930  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,475

1.7854  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,801

1.8200  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,073

1.8027  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,944

1.7996  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,024

1.7927  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,977

1.7940  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,340

1.7948  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,192

1.7932  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

157,276

1.8000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,045

1.7926  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,384

1.7949  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,543

1.7946  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,765

1.7905  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,876

1.7925  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,547

1.7900  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,578

1.7954  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,380

1.7999  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,428

1.7989  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52,255

1.7961  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

60,765

1.7915  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

78,210

1.7913  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

368

1.7881  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

795

1.7945  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

223,214

1.8009  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297,531

1.7908  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 person 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:

23 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 
















SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

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

 are being disclosed:

Barclays PLC.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this from relates:

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

 








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

-1,170,338

1.7390

European

08-May-25









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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