| 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: | 30 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: | | | 30,252,637 | 4.37% | 5,453,519 | 0.79% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | | | | | ||
| | and/or controlled: | | | 5,132,943 | 0.74% | 29,309,879 | 4.24% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | | | | | ||
| | and agreements to purchase/sell: | | | 0 | 0.00% | 1,170,321 | 0.17% |
| | | | | | | | |
| | TOTAL: | | | 35,385,580 | 5.11% | 35,933,719 | 5.19% |
| (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 | 362,156 | 2.0514 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 315,919 | 2.0569 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 254,163 | 2.0380 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 136,776 | 2.0427 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 132,487 | 2.0512 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 106,187 | 2.0531 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 102,740 | 2.0590 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 2.0510 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 2.0530 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 2.0490 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 90,336 | 2.0471 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 62,549 | 2.0539 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 60,486 | 2.0577 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 34,088 | 2.0547 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 30,154 | 2.0378 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 26,734 | 2.0523 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 17,423 | 2.0500 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 14,630 | 2.0372 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 7,969 | 2.0582 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 6,731 | 2.0660 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,407 | 2.0557 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,699 | 2.0568 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,176 | 2.0600 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,874 | 2.0610 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,661 | 2.0560 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,500 | 2.0570 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,290 | 2.0492 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,252 | 2.0580 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,853 | 2.0608 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,606 | 2.0389 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,408 | 2.0420 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,144 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 621 | 2.0460 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 443 | 2.0480 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Purchase | 3 | 2.0603 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 322,064 | 2.0379 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 141,549 | 2.0380 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 96,944 | 2.0460 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 54,865 | 2.0519 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 45,616 | 2.0534 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 45,277 | 2.0510 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 36,566 | 2.0532 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 25,869 | 2.0500 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 18,678 | 2.0426 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 14,869 | 2.0480 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 13,942 | 2.0432 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 13,716 | 2.0490 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 11,423 | 2.0516 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 9,108 | 2.0597 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 8,325 | 2.0494 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 7,420 | 2.0538 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,668 | 2.0481 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 6,414 | 2.0660 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,890 | 2.0495 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,599 | 2.0566 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,053 | 2.0420 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,914 | 2.0476 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,252 | 2.0580 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,765 | 2.0447 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,765 | 2.0540 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,144 | 2.0440 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | Sale | 842 | 2.0600 GBP | ||||
| | | | | | | | |
| (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 | 13,187 | 2.0563 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 251,191 | 2.0399 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 366 | 2.0638 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3 | 2.0600 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 300 | 2.0526 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 248 | 2.0411 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,300 | 2.0494 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 309,561 | 2.0569 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,358 | 2.0569 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54,865 | 2.0519 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 55,835 | 2.0380 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,734 | 2.0523 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 120,000 | 2.0530 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 132,487 | 2.0512 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 362,156 | 2.0514 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,420 | 2.0538 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,860 | 2.0494 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 164 | 2.0561 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 55,462 | 2.0584 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,704 | 2.0600 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 47,000 | 2.0583 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,000 | 2.0242 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,015 | 2.0380 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,606 | 2.0389 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,716 | 2.0490 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,025 | 2.0494 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 668 | 2.0471 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,290 | 2.0492 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 21,459 | 2.0433 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 45,616 | 2.0534 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,093 | 2.0380 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,381 | 2.0465 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 280,000 | 2.0530 GBP | |||
| | | | | | | | |
| (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 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| (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) | ||||
| | | | | ||||
| 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: | 31 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 | -1,170,321 | 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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