Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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				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:				14 May 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:			13,144,169	1.90%	7,564,908	1.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,404,966	1.07%	12,213,461	1.77%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,259	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,549,135	2.97%	20,948,628	3.03%
(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		1,852,915		2.0097  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		157,315		2.0075  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		86,180		2.0054  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		76,609		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		55,321		1.9953  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		42,643		2.0036  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		23,147		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		21,358		2.0077  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,630		2.0087  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,251		2.0021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,211		2.0042  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,673		2.0094  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,254		2.0092  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,041		1.9993  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,440		2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,263		2.0135  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,215		2.0204  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,454		2.0063  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,758		2.0038  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,732		2.0057  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,055		2.0029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,528		2.0138  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,128		2.0066  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,098		2.0223  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,424		2.0143  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,012		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		959		1.9995  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		659		2.0068  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		570		2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		239		2.0220  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		126		2.0153  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		52		2.0212  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		40		2.0180  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		284,057		2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		105,816		2.0062  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		92,064		2.0063  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		52,083		2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		34,212		2.0074  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		28,710		1.9964  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		23,525		2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,426		2.0061  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		16,304		1.9983  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,119		1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		12,329		2.0017  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,601		2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,699		1.9931  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,359		2.0001  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,066		2.0040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,770		1.9860  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,689		2.0029  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,432		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,098		2.0224  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,121		2.0107  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,012		2.0400  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,012		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		209		1.9856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		100		2.0144  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		-26		2.0054  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		3	2.0095  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6	2.0085  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		28	1.9991  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		31	1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		126	2.0153  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		237	2.0020  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,074	2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,449	2.0087  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		7,215	2.0204  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		8,982	1.9993  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		9,254	2.0092  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		11,014	2.0021  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,852,915	2.0097  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8	2.0200  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38	2.0094  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	2.0104  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		304	2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		570	2.0140  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		659	2.0068  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,454	2.0063  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,366	2.0070  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		336	2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,063	1.9948  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,879	2.0037  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,121	2.0107  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,432	2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,991	2.0087  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,329	2.0017  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,119	1.9909  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,525	2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,608	2.0060  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,093	2.0075  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,202	2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		405	2.0059  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		672	2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		773	2.0035  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,652	1.9972  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,785	2.0055  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,673	2.0097  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:				15 May 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	-1,170,259	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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