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RNS Number : 1509P Barclays PLC 20 May 2024
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: 17 May 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: 13,599,831 1.97% 6,847,182 0.99%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 6,625,580 0.96% 12,623,361 1.82%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 1,170,345 0.17%
TOTAL: 20,225,411 2.92% 20,640,888 2.98%
(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 237,188 1.8550 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 67,015 1.8523 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 36,731 1.8547 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 12,766 1.8543 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 10,740 1.8542 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 7,422 1.8624 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 6,725 1.8598 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 3,002 1.8569 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 2,625 1.8583 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,419 1.8596 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,390 1.8453 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,379 1.8540 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,281 1.8390 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 835 1.8644 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 193 1.8539 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 158 1.8400 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 139 1.8455 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 126 1.8584 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 131,209 1.8543 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 64,751 1.8549 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 63,440 1.8545 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 35,578 1.8519 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 32,325 1.8550 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 20,125 1.8720 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 9,783 1.8414 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 5,107 1.8601 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 3,200 1.8589 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 2,186 1.8401 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,859 1.8430 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,611 1.8570 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,394 1.8588 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,379 1.8320 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,025 1.8533 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 799 1.8530 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 426 1.8417 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 226 1.8565 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 224 1.8576 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 224 1.8590 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 113 1.8560 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 71 1.8583 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 13 1.9200 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 248 1.8560 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,033 1.8350 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,625 1.8583 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,002 1.8569 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,077 1.8575 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,448 1.8547 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,078 1.8614 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,153 1.8580 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,740 1.8542 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,422 1.8549 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 119,751 1.8550 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,799 1.8527 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 13,528 1.8550 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13 1.9198 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 71 1.8583 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 80 1.8564 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 144 1.8582 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 226 1.8565 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,025 1.8533 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,186 1.8401 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,552 1.8490 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,578 1.8519 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 61,258 1.8545 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 64,751 1.8549 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 21 1.8552 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 444 1.8584 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,186 1.8558 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 12,766 1.8545 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
(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: 20 May 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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:
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 -1,170,345 1.7390 European 08-May-25
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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