REG - Citadel Group Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 - John Wood Group plc
04/03/2026 15:00
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RNS Number : 3066V Citadel Group 04 March 2026
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: Citadel Group
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if N/A
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this N/A
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 3 March 2026
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making N/A
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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: ISIN GB00B5N0P849
4 2/7 p ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 361,239 0.05 0 0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 7,129,661 1.03 52,968 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
7,490,900 1.08 52,968 0.00
TOTAL:
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: N/A
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
Common Buy Transaction 53,361 0.2800 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 13,735 0.2802 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 17,143 0.2820 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 1,439 0.2844 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 8,340 0.2844 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 37,122 0.2850 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 5,189 0.2850 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 4,661 0.2850 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 1,445 0.2850 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,415 0.2862 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 7,619 0.2868 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 772 0.2870 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 4,063 0.2870 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 25,020 0.2870 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 5,877 0.2870 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 2,852 0.2872 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 4,763 0.2872 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 14,439 0.2872 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 10,000 0.2872 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 2,360 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 12,510 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,370 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 18,090 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 8,340 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 428 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 78 0.2874 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 16,078 0.2876 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,226 0.2876 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 17,058 0.2880 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 175,205 0.2880 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 38,681 0.2880 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 13,452 0.2882 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 18,466 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,554 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 17,111 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,217 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 24,042 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 18,574 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 20,043 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 21,437 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,619 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 18,863 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 17,132 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 20,220 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 18,684 0.2884 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 7 0.2886 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 11,518 0.2886 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 11,850 0.2886 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 457 0.2888 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 69,000 0.2888 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 3,246 0.2890 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 2,608 0.2890 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 150,000 0.2890 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 3,055 0.2890 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,579 0.2894 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 21,203 0.2894 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 38,036 0.2900 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 19,837 0.2904 GBP
Common Buy Transaction 22,560 0.2904 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 100,998 0.2782 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 46,391 0.2800 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,540 0.2810 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 5,346 0.2810 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 6,357 0.2812 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 100,000 0.2840 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 5,720 0.2850 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 17,635 0.2858 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 23,183 0.2858 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 439 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 7,314 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 19,754 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 45,850 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 18,553 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 546 0.2860 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 24,345 0.2862 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,299 0.2864 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 10,150 0.2864 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 19,843 0.2866 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 19,983 0.2866 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,636 0.2868 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 9,419 0.2868 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 909 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 8,292 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 7,123 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 100,000 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 10,408 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,435 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 695 0.2870 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 15,271 0.2872 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 3,800 0.2872 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 14,722 0.2872 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,347 0.2872 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 9,738 0.2874 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 3,643 0.2874 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 63,000 0.2876 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 3,759 0.2876 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 22,923 0.2880 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 18,879 0.2880 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 1,422 0.2882 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 35,000 0.2882 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 20,128 0.2882 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 17,919 0.2882 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 2,000 0.2884 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 49,540 0.2890 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 768 0.2894 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 589 0.2894 GBP
Common Sell Transaction 347 0.2896 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Common CFD Increasing long position 4,170 0.2870 GBP
Common CFD Increasing long position 1,245,561 0.2876 GBP
Common CFD Increasing long position 392,021 0.2884 GBP
Common CFD Reducing long position 10,659 0.2888 GBP
Common CFD Increasing long position 2,542 0.2896 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person
making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in
concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 4 March 2026
Contact name: Paula Santos
Telephone number*: 020 7645 9700
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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