Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			20,401,735	2.95%	7,211,233	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,978,813	1.01%	19,786,859	2.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,298	0.17%
	TOTAL:			27,380,548	3.96%	28,168,390	4.07%
(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		439,000		1.9530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		276,579		1.9524  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		203,790		1.9511  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		81,055		1.9600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		54,912		1.9560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		45,793		1.9525  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,826		1.9521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33,280		1.9514  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,217		1.9512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,504		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,250		1.9523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		15,400		1.9504  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,162		1.9510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		13,532		1.9526  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,995		1.9520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,619		1.9534  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,616		1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,135		1.9585  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,522		1.9596  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,302		1.9522  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,340		1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,077		1.9590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,968		1.9502  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,384		1.9515  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,307		1.9390  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,225		1.9460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,100		1.9498  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		800		1.9513  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		338,038		1.9552  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		70,985		1.9514  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,710		1.9517  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,489		1.9530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		43,064		1.9539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		34,976		1.9515  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,000		1.9533  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,293		1.9510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,750		1.9520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,233		1.9489  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,970		1.9529  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,965		1.9486  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,751		1.9522  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,508		1.9488  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,340		1.9490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,980		1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,979		1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,691		1.9560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,208		1.9456  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,077		1.9590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,054		1.9524  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,000		1.9469  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,605		1.9509  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,000		1.9470  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,389		1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,372		1.9485  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,307		1.9390  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,225		1.9460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		403		1.9504  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		112		1.9555  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		44	1.9529  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		288	1.9523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		986	1.9529  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		20,433	1.9530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	1.9560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,632	1.9550  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3	1.9533  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		752	1.9440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,900	1.9496  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,231	1.9501  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,466	1.9518  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,000	1.9438  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,518	1.9506  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35	1.9474  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		307	1.9411  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,054	1.9524  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,751	1.9522  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,623	1.9489  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,970	1.9529  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,176	1.9515  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		60,242	1.9520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		740	1.9520  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,115	1.9500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		102,826	1.9521  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,000	1.9528  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		198,003	1.9511  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		369,334	1.9530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,343	1.9527  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:				27 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	-1,170,298	1.7390	European	TBD
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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