| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 May 2023 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 4 2/7p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 21,639,600 | 3.13% | 8,781,716 | 1.27% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 8,591,266 | 1.24% | 21,592,734 | 3.12% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 30,230,866 | 4.37% | 30,374,450 | 4.39% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 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 | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 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 | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| 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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