RNS Number : 0479Z
Barclays PLC
02 August 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

(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:

01 Aug 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

31,716,259

4.58%

5,279,871

0.76%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,982,038

0.72%

30,548,703

4.42%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

1,170,352

0.17%

 

 TOTAL:

 

36,698,297

5.30%

36,998,926

5.35%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

331,021

2.0025  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

318,666

2.0000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

250,269

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

102,424

2.0037  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

70,664

1.9963  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

61,845

2.0017  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

60,117

1.9990  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

58,128

2.0648  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

48,132

2.0133  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

37,310

2.0122  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

35,997

2.0169  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

26,156

2.0130  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

21,664

1.9930  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

15,000

1.9770  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

14,447

1.9725  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,855

2.0076  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,052

2.0334  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,488

2.0082  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,204

2.0373  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,918

2.0135  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,980

2.0008  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,635

2.0079  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,440

2.0305  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,006

2.0134  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,473

2.0166  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,424

1.9995  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,365

2.0320  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,189

1.9950  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,011

2.0400  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

344

2.0240  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

263

2.0420  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

134

1.9755  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

18

2.0263  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

235,758

2.0001  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

165,771

2.0002  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

100,000

1.9996  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

91,074

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

58,728

2.0010  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

41,376

2.0220  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

34,140

2.0086  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

21,219

2.0021  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

15,732

2.0152  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,135

2.0108  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,513

2.0185  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,300

2.0223  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,129

2.0294  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,888

2.0342  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,339

2.0071  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,335

2.0192  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,316

2.0000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

858

2.0274  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

834

2.0400  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

344

2.0240  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

324

2.0297  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

267

2.0282  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

263

2.0420  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

173

2.0340  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

134

1.9756  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

116

1.9975  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,896

2.0358  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,632

1.9981  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

85,257

2.0019  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,814

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3

2.0033  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

85,260

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

18

2.0261  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8

2.0662  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

2.0639  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300

2.0399  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2

2.0000  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22

1.9904  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

173

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

572

2.0350  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,300

2.0223  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

27,042

2.0105  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

238,097

2.0019  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

58,300

2.0010  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

428

2.0010  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,732

2.0152  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,513

2.0185  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

2.0320  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54,600

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48,132

2.0133  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,170

2.0180  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,664

1.9963  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

968

2.0342  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,447

1.9725  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,654

1.9773  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,664

1.9930  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,519

2.0001  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,871

2.0005  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,863

2.0032  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

324

2.0297  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,000

2.0070  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,339

2.0071  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,335

2.0192  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,006

2.0134  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57,800

2.0652  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

128

2.0356  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,706

2.0020  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,997

2.0170  GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,430

2.0192  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 person 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:

02 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 
















SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

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

 are being disclosed:

Barclays PLC.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this from relates:

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

 








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

-1,170,352

1.7390

European

08-May-25









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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