Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			6,165,893	0.89%	16,263,255	2.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				16,050,684	2.32%	5,840,797	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,216,577	3.21%	22,104,052	3.19%
(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		2,463,556		0.2343  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,561,706		0.2309  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,059,739		0.2310  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		607,622		0.2335  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		566,701		0.2229  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		449,173		0.2261  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		431,171		0.2329  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		372,707		0.2188  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		313,823		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		298,131		0.2355  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		260,933		0.2342  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		219,048		0.2339  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		166,489		0.2312  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		144,631		0.2366  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		114,600		0.2267  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.2359  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.2396  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		86,638		0.2388  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		75,714		0.2338  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		48,445		0.2376  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		34,554		0.2244  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		27,879		0.2208  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		23,340		0.2284  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,137		0.2236  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,911		0.2207  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,264		0.2375  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.2197  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.2181  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,689		0.2365  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,167		0.2364  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,115		0.2368  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		0.2198  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,233		0.2209  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,059		0.2302  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		378		0.2301  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		301		0.2303  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,693,391		0.2324  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,625,747		0.2328  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		996,552		0.2289  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		536,232		0.2245  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		442,819		0.2294  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		356,357		0.2325  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		251,743		0.2252  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		237,137		0.2351  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		236,202		0.2262  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		224,817		0.2287  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		146,825		0.2354  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		94,158		0.2359  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		46,352		0.2265  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		37,721		0.2347  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		35,695		0.2307  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		34,793		0.2280  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		31,000		0.2250  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		30,215		0.2349  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		27,879		0.2208  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		22,036		0.2353  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		17,005		0.2196  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		14,212		0.2356  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		11,795		0.2338  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,274		0.2246  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.2197  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.2181  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,376		0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		7,040		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,944		0.2363  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,286		0.2388  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,128		0.2256  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,000		0.2375  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,789		0.2298  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		859		0.2144  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		859	0.2144  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,005	0.2196  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,879	0.2208  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		251,743	0.2252  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,128	0.2256  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,728	0.2257  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		236,202	0.2262  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,215	0.2349  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,620	0.2363  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,879	0.2208  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,233	0.2209  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		449,173	0.2261  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		703,441	0.2270  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,473	0.2328  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		260,933	0.2342  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		298,131	0.2355  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,266	0.2327  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,274,065	0.2328  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		566,701	0.2229  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,444,309	0.2328  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		259,669	0.2334  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		219,048	0.2339  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:				11 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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