Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

31 July 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:				30 Jul 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:			30,252,637	4.37%	5,453,519	0.79%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,132,943	0.74%	29,309,879	4.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,321	0.17%
	TOTAL:			35,385,580	5.11%	35,933,719	5.19%
(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		362,156		2.0514  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		315,919		2.0569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		254,163		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		136,776		2.0427  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		132,487		2.0512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		106,187		2.0531  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		102,740		2.0590  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		2.0510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		2.0530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		90,336		2.0471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		62,549		2.0539  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		60,486		2.0577  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		34,088		2.0547  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,154		2.0378  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		26,734		2.0523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		17,423		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		14,630		2.0372  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,969		2.0582  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,731		2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,407		2.0557  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,699		2.0568  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,176		2.0600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,874		2.0610  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,661		2.0560  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		2.0570  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,290		2.0492  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,252		2.0580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,853		2.0608  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,606		2.0389  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,408		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,144		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		621		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		443		2.0480  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		2.0603  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		322,064		2.0379  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		141,549		2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		96,944		2.0460  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		54,865		2.0519  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,616		2.0534  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		45,277		2.0510  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		36,566		2.0532  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		25,869		2.0500  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,678		2.0426  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,869		2.0480  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,942		2.0432  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		13,716		2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		11,423		2.0516  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		9,108		2.0597  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		8,325		2.0494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,420		2.0538  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,668		2.0481  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,414		2.0660  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,890		2.0495  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,599		2.0566  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		4,053		2.0420  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,914		2.0476  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		2,252		2.0580  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,765		2.0447  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,765		2.0540  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,144		2.0440  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		842		2.0600  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		Decreasing Long		13,187	2.0563  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		251,191	2.0399  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		366	2.0638  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3	2.0600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	2.0526  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		248	2.0411  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,300	2.0494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		309,561	2.0569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,358	2.0569  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,865	2.0519  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,835	2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,734	2.0523  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		120,000	2.0530  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		132,487	2.0512  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		362,156	2.0514  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,420	2.0538  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,860	2.0494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		164	2.0561  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		55,462	2.0584  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,704	2.0600  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,000	2.0583  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	2.0242  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,015	2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,606	2.0389  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,716	2.0490  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,025	2.0494  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		668	2.0471  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,290	2.0492  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		21,459	2.0433  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,616	2.0534  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,093	2.0380  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,381	2.0465  GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		280,000	2.0530  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:				31 Jul 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	-1,170,321	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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