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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 |
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(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 |
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| 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 |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 4 2/7p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 20,401,735 | 2.95% | 7,211,233 | 1.04% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 6,978,813 | 1.01% | 19,786,859 | 2.86% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 1,170,298 | 0.17% |
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| 27,380,548 | 3.96% | 28,168,390 | 4.07% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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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 | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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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 | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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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 | ||||||
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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: | |||||||
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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 | |
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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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