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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 | | |||||
| 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: | 02 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: | | | 20,191,122 | 2.92% | 7,170,203 | 1.04% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | | | | | ||
| and/or controlled: | | | 6,702,015 | 0.97% | 19,620,639 | 2.84% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | | | | | ||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | | | 0 | 0.00% | 1,170,370 | 0.17% |
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| TOTAL: | | | 26,893,137 | 3.89% | 27,961,212 | 4.04% |
(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 | 286,124 | 2.0464 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 71,056 | 2.0384 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 51,918 | 2.0459 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 41,941 | 2.0400 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 35,432 | 2.0418 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 34,660 | 2.0439 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 29,571 | 2.0462 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 24,336 | 2.0443 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 21,776 | 2.0474 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 20,146 | 2.0453 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 12,372 | 2.0385 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 10,198 | 2.0505 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 9,215 | 2.0460 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 6,155 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,943 | 2.0490 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,565 | 2.0438 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,101 | 2.0380 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,879 | 2.0420 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,851 | 2.0520 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,649 | 2.0446 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,785 | 2.0500 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,373 | 2.0447 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,594 | 2.0530 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,049 | 2.0375 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 895 | 2.0409 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 800 | 2.0140 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 462 | 2.0480 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 192 | 2.0100 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 52,903 | 2.0381 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 51,672 | 2.0400 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 25,152 | 2.0393 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 23,540 | 2.0214 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 22,013 | 2.0314 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 21,175 | 2.0475 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 20,136 | 2.0435 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 12,879 | 2.0420 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 10,940 | 2.0401 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 9,966 | 2.0471 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 9,215 | 2.0460 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 8,000 | 2.0265 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,155 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,860 | 2.0380 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,851 | 2.0520 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,460 | 2.0447 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,380 | 2.0363 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,789 | 2.0318 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,401 | 2.0523 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,246 | 2.0360 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,207 | 2.0500 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,005 | 2.0399 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 192 | 2.0100 GBP | ||||
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(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 | Increasing Long | 5,727 | 2.0218 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,508 | 2.0221 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 241 | 2.0381 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 15,000 | 2.0521 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 148 | 2.0381 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 649 | 2.0398 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 58 | 2.0420 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 121 | 2.0432 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,539 | 1.9964 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,380 | 2.0363 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,865 | 2.0450 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21,175 | 2.0475 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,372 | 2.0385 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,473 | 2.0399 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,943 | 2.0490 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,324 | 2.0181 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,326 | 2.0394 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,005 | 2.0399 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,890 | 2.0439 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,401 | 2.0523 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,049 | 2.0375 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 31,941 | 2.0400 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,565 | 2.0438 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,330 | 2.0453 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,241 | 2.0463 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,000 | 2.0275 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 493,000 | 2.0460 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 52,903 | 2.0381 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 895 | 2.0409 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,136 | 2.0435 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,529 | 2.0449 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 203 | 2.0095 GBP | |||
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(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 | | | | |
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(ii) | Exercising | | | | | | |
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
security | | | securities | unit | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | | |||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
security | | | applicable) | ||||
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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: | 03 Jul 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 | -1,170,370 | 1.7390 | European | 08-May-2025 | |
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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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