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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
UK 100

Latest directors dealings