Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 3405X

Barclays PLC

22 July 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:				19 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:			28,298,680	4.09%	5,907,953	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,556,710	0.80%	27,527,300	3.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,170,283	0.17%

	TOTAL:			33,855,390	4.89%	34,605,536	5.00%
(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		39,016		2.0674 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		31,394		2.0660 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		30,235		2.0669 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		19,930		2.0678 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		11,703		2.0698 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		7,988		2.0672 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		2.0760 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		5,277		2.0746 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,958		2.0740 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3,074		2.0664 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		2.0680 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2,030		2.0730 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,575		2.0685 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		1,302		2.0702 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		800		2.0640 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		446		2.0780 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		74		2.0690 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		3		2.0704 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Purchase		2		2.0737 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		18,570		2.0691 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		14,853		2.0663 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,898		2.0684 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		10,525		2.0687 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,604		2.0656 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		7,569		2.0680 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		6,582		2.0604 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		5,094		2.0660 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,962		2.0740 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,958		2.0742 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,074		2.0685 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		3,032		2.0669 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,644		2.0639 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,369		2.0659 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		1,319		2.0770 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		800		2.0640 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		327		2.0673 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		Sale		22		2.0619 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		1,159	2.0683 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,673	2.0660 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		194	2.0657 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,282	2.0674 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		303	2.0645 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,924	2.0664 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,074	2.0684 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,525	2.0687 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,471	2.0738 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,570	2.0691 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,846	2.0660 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,988	2.0672 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,302	2.0681 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,582	2.0604 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		564	2.0659 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		327	2.0673 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74	2.0690 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,000	2.0760 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,644	2.0639 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		805	2.0659 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,758	2.0680 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22	2.0619 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,930	2.0678 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,302	2.0702 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,898	2.0684 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,411	2.0660 GBP
4 2/7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,380	2.0682 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:				22 Jul 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	-1,170,283	1.7390	European	08-May-2025

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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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	481.60p-0.94%
Market Cap	£64.73bn

Date	22 Jul 2024
Time	15:19:18
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3405X

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	481.60p-0.94%
Market Cap	£64.73bn

Date	22 Jul 2024
Time	15:19:18
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	3405X

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