Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

08 December 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:				05 Dec 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:			5,695,594	0.82%	18,436,225	2.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				18,338,887	2.65%	5,562,070	0.80%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,034,481	3.47%	23,998,295	3.47%
(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		902,579		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		751,222		0.2456  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		499,054		0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		419,253		0.2406  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		334,327		0.2407  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		216,718		0.2424  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		178,707		0.2422  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		151,076		0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		116,661		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		113,720		0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		53,383		0.2477  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		38,523		0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		27,128		0.2451  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		26,238		0.2476  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		20,448		0.2417  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		15,336		0.2396  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,637		0.2390  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,014		0.2404  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,930		0.2421  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,907		0.2405  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,780		0.2411  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,776		0.2395  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,202		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		451		0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		122		0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		120		0.2414  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		120		0.2446  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		119		0.2418  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		118		0.2391  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		112		0.2410  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		112		0.2392  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		112		0.2402  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		112		0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		98		0.2478  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		61		0.2388  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		59		0.2442  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		33		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,867,147		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		772,854		0.2410  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		639,307		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		454,167		0.2423  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		312,520		0.2417  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		272,503		0.2457  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		158,787		0.2425  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		95,735		0.2404  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		93,375		0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		90,000		0.2394  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		69,794		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		38,334		0.2470  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		16,153		0.2451  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		7,651		0.2406  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,930		0.2421  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,700		0.2456  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,138		0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,234		0.2392  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,520		0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,000		0.2500  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		818		0.2391  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		528		0.2401  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		451		0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		215		0.2390  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		134		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		122		0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		120		0.2414  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		120		0.2446  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		119		0.2418  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		112		0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		112		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		112		0.2402  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		98		0.2478  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		61		0.2388  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		59		0.2442  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		884,729	0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,122	0.2392  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,537	0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		454,167	0.2423  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		158,787	0.2425  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,520	0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		167,947	0.2422  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		216,718	0.2424  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,128	0.2451  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		53,383	0.2477  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		801,199	0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,930	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		272,503	0.2457  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		889,551	0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,780	0.2411  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,055	0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		151,076	0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,238	0.2476  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:				08 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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