| 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: | 29 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: | | | 29,017,275 | 4.19% | 5,407,085 | 0.78% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | | | | | ||
| | and/or controlled: | | | 5,062,110 | 0.73% | 28,233,892 | 4.08% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | | | | | ||
| | and agreements to purchase/sell: | | | 0 | 0.00% | 1,170,349 | 0.17% |
| | | | | | | | |
| | TOTAL: | | | 34,079,385 | 4.93% | 34,811,326 | 5.03% |
| (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 | 220,521 | 2.1008 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 160,537 | 2.0742 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 154,929 | 2.0456 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 53,290 | 2.0340 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 39,686 | 2.0613 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 37,552 | 2.0665 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 11,345 | 2.0823 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 9,642 | 2.0338 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 7,386 | 2.0790 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,218 | 2.1080 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,080 | 2.1100 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,508 | 2.0901 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,005 | 2.1060 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,232 | 2.0561 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,090 | 2.0925 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,323 | 2.0700 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 923 | 2.0680 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 324 | 2.0767 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 153,509 | 2.0351 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 92,245 | 2.0697 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 70,230 | 2.0339 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 47,893 | 2.0666 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 24,167 | 2.0617 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 23,165 | 2.0747 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 7,383 | 2.0549 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 7,138 | 2.0572 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,719 | 2.0577 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 5,204 | 2.0823 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,783 | 2.0770 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,652 | 2.0771 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,445 | 2.0691 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,959 | 2.1060 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,000 | 2.0410 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,846 | 2.0680 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 | 17,350 | 2.1018 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 15,000 | 2.0460 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 146,071 | 2.0499 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 414 | 2.0771 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,231 | 2.0339 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 400 | 2.0904 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 812 | 2.0486 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 922 | 2.0340 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,167 | 2.0338 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,533 | 2.0747 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 47,890 | 2.0371 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,231 | 2.0340 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 10,389 | 2.0913 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 157,308 | 2.0742 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,439 | 2.0901 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,229 | 2.0742 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 69 | 2.0901 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 71,858 | 2.0341 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,734 | 2.0790 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 66,156 | 2.1009 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 70,230 | 2.0339 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,510 | 2.0668 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 39,843 | 2.0682 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 45,967 | 2.0710 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,925 | 2.0717 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,652 | 2.0771 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,846 | 2.1080 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,080 | 2.1100 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 324 | 2.0768 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,000 | 2.0677 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27,000 | 2.0735 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,232 | 2.0561 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 37,552 | 2.0665 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 54,932 | 2.0340 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,090 | 2.0925 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 154,365 | 2.1009 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: | 30 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 | -1,170,349 | 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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