Form 8.3 - WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

10 November 2025

 

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				WOOD GROUP (JOHN) 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:				07 Nov 2025
(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 2/7 p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			6,102,332	0.88%	18,604,669	2.69%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				18,392,098	2.66%	5,794,931	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,494,430	3.54%	24,399,600	3.53%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		795,847		0.2131  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		640,667		0.2132  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		609,187		0.2134  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		449,360		0.2127  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		262,547		0.2145  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		254,450		0.2170  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		240,941		0.2094  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		150,944		0.2119  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		128,113		0.2123  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		63,600		0.2124  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		52,051		0.2133  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		30,166		0.2136  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		27,985		0.2128  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		15,554		0.2108  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		0.2130  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		13,155		0.2199  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.2202  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,509		0.2087  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,281		0.2157  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		420,508		0.2154  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		346,875		0.2128  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		341,205		0.2164  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		335,802		0.2127  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		253,996		0.2121  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		246,870		0.2165  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		225,089		0.2142  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		201,156		0.2092  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		96,352		0.2148  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		86,804		0.2190  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		68,768		0.2143  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		32,272		0.2138  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		30,001		0.2100  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		20,738		0.2145  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,321		0.2146  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,739		0.2135  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,201		0.2147  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,143		0.2166  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,386		0.2136  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		339		0.2098  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		318		0.2137  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,827	0.2103  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	0.2131  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,453	0.2142  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,768	0.2143  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,143	0.2153  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		420,508	0.2154  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		246,870	0.2165  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,697	0.2054  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		138,931	0.2121  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		629,742	0.2131  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		640,667	0.2132  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,051	0.2133  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,503	0.2150  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,281	0.2157  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		338,090	0.2128  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		103,281	0.2134  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)	Exercise
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:				10 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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