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RNS Number : 4409Z Barclays PLC 15 May 2023
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: 12 May 2023
(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: 21,639,600 3.13% 8,781,716 1.27%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 8,591,266 1.24% 21,592,734 3.12%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 30,230,866 4.37% 30,374,450 4.39%
(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 608 2.1897 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,243 2.1920 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,252 2.2020 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 1,343 2.2000 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 2,662 2.1950 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 3,026 2.2022 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 3,325 2.1936 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 6,382 2.2025 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 6,671 2.1946 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 7,631 2.1914 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 20,253 2.1898 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 53,902 2.1991 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Purchase 351,589 2.1900 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 1,333 2.1989 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 8,180 2.1901 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 8,424 2.1949 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 60,439 2.1904 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 184,994 2.1937 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 214,021 2.1926 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary Sale 595,328 2.1900 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 Long 1,498 2.2008 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 2,099 2.2011 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 3,801 2.1884 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 32,436 2.1930 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 39,970 2.1912 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 43,934 2.1920 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 71,013 2.1965 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Long 214,021 2.1926 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary CFD Long 304,543 2.1900 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 1 2.1940 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 333 2.2040 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 1,024 2.1900 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 1,939 2.2039 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 3,956 2.2020 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 5,119 2.2026 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 5,319 2.1904 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary CFD Short 13,696 2.1915 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 19,559 2.1945 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary SWAP Short 41,810 2.2010 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? NO
Date of disclosure: 15 May 2023
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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