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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: | 16 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: | | | 26,247,237 | 3.79% | 6,467,996 | 0.93% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | | | | | ||
| and/or controlled: | | | 6,099,585 | 0.88% | 25,459,775 | 3.68% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | | | | | ||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | | | 0 | 0.00% | 1,170,286 | 0.17% |
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| TOTAL: | | | 32,346,822 | 4.68% | 33,098,057 | 4.78% |
(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 | 231,925 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 146,910 | 2.0404 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 79,789 | 2.0300 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 32,560 | 2.0421 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 7,875 | 2.0347 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,845 | 2.0271 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,392 | 2.0142 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,793 | 2.0161 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 188 | 2.0438 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 125 | 2.0322 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,652,593 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 160,250 | 2.0431 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 70,458 | 2.0315 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 63,670 | 2.0438 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 32,869 | 2.0206 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 28,577 | 2.0227 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 23,177 | 2.0300 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 22,382 | 2.0441 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 10,800 | 2.0242 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 9,519 | 2.0211 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,490 | 2.0432 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,808 | 2.0199 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,789 | 2.0302 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,344 | 2.0052 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,000 | 2.0240 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,140 | 2.0000 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 923 | 2.0261 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 428 | 2.0121 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 415 | 2.0341 GBP | ||||
4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 330 | 2.0238 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 | Decreasing Long | 12,606 | 2.0178 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,260 | 2.0001 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 496 | 2.0439 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 600 | 2.0192 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,800 | 2.0242 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,987 | 2.0281 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,637,181 | 2.0440 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 131,516 | 2.0429 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 63,670 | 2.0438 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,188 | 2.0300 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 109 | 2.0033 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,577 | 2.0227 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,088 | 2.0240 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 83,344 | 2.0440 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,875 | 2.0347 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,074 | 1.9999 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,270 | 2.0180 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,808 | 2.0199 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 330 | 2.0238 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,364 | 2.0260 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 125 | 2.0322 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 300 | 2.0373 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 181 | 2.0381 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 215,992 | 2.0440 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 8,684 | 2.0206 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,490 | 2.0432 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,000 | 2.0437 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,000 | 2.0202 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 428 | 2.0121 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 415 | 2.0341 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,570 | 2.0318 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 218 | 2.0020 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 24,185 | 2.0206 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,354 | 2.0209 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 67,919 | 2.0440 GBP | |||
4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,793 | 2.0161 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: | 17 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 | -1,170,286 | 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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