Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			13,578,009	1.96%	6,748,257	0.98%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,547,130	0.95%	12,551,678	1.81%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,333	0.17%
	TOTAL:			20,125,139	2.91%	20,470,268	2.96%
(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		922,405		1.8623  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		457,624		1.8845  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		109,072		1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		86,172		1.9396  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		67,442		1.9226  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		52,106		2.0721  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		46,645		1.9198  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		39,063		1.9202  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		38,844		2.0024  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,826		1.9527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,780		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		20,161		1.9539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,133		1.9988  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,423		1.9176  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,527		2.0055  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		10,381		2.0069  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		9,072		1.8722  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,800		1.9712  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		8,117		1.8654  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,664		2.0178  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,694		1.9481  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,595		1.9976  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		2.0018  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,878		1.9702  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,622		2.0181  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,016		1.9950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,977		1.9992  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,743		2.0391  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4,437		1.9946  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,981		2.0030  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,750		1.9645  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,566		2.0636  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,230		2.0120  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,089		1.9458  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,980		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,972		1.9494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,966		2.0012  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,093		2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,441		2.0019  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,395		1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,178		1.8729  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,028		1.9895  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		939		2.1000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		731		1.9233  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		668		1.9910  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		644		1.8795  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		623		2.1050  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		522		1.8554  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		441		2.0137  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		435		1.9830  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		373		2.0014  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		283		1.8855  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		244		1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		155		2.0135  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		45		1.9855  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		33		2.0247  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		29		2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		4		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.8820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		128,661		2.0348  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		111,475		1.9467  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		86,199		1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		83,900		1.8624  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		83,254		1.8623  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		67,021		1.9855  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		58,374		1.9508  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		57,011		2.0025  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		39,889		1.9317  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		34,205		1.9725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,261		1.9680  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,469		2.0079  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,096		1.9977  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,016		1.9950  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,517		1.9751  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,980		2.0100  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,500		1.9170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,482		1.9137  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,285		1.8866  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,093		2.0300  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,915		1.9258  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,810		2.0000  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,442		1.9691  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,200		1.9922  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		644		1.8795  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		600		1.8865  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		600		2.0040  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		435		1.9830  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		373		2.0016  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		283		1.8856  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		29		2.0260  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4		2.0160  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3		2.0080  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2		1.8820  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3		1.8554  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		6,979	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		244	1.9980  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,395	1.9899  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,541	1.8649  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,531	1.8736  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,117	1.8654  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,274	1.9246  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,574	1.9319  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,919	1.9564  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,826	1.9527  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,063	1.9202  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		67,442	1.9226  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		835,893	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		291	2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,493	1.9817  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		59,236	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		84,500	1.8624  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		735	2.0139  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,908	1.9326  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,915	1.9258  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,030	2.0170  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,285	1.8866  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,817	1.9069  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,205	1.9725  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,842	1.9465  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54,246	2.0018  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		582	2.0039  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		700	1.9481  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,417	1.9711  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,579	1.9752  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,388	1.8560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		457,624	1.8845  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		11,056	1.9528  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		34,396	1.9237  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		39,766	1.9745  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:				16 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	-1,170,333	1.7390	European
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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