Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

27 February 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:				26 Feb 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:			5,290,893	0.76%	28,524,022	4.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			28,665,532	4.14%	3,771,991	0.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,658,366	0.24%
	TOTAL:			33,956,425	4.91%	33,954,379	4.91%
(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 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		983,438		0.3852  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		222,696		0.3789  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		206,438		0.3760  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		127,151		0.3850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		99,772		0.3793  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		91,380		0.3833  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		87,500		0.3846  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		57,485		0.3842  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		55,903		0.3775  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		39,611		0.3693  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		33,654		0.3726  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		31,253		0.3948  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		26,019		0.3788  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,854		0.3664  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,518		0.3892  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,157		0.3940  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		23,933		0.3820  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		20,546		0.3819  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,909		0.3705  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,417		0.3709  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,405		0.3686  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,446		0.3887  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,581		0.3822  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		11,110		0.3945  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,621		0.3755  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,273		0.3947  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,094		0.3697  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		0.3734  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		0.3733  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,645		0.3699  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,350		0.3728  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,800		0.3907  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,746		0.3942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,671		0.3700  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,264		0.3798  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		971		0.3748  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		967		0.3710  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		635		0.3802  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		92		0.3687  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,432,114		0.3817  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		561,042		0.3801  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		435,438		0.3757  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		223,819		0.3743  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		171,443		0.3715  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		165,971		0.3776  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		110,345		0.3808  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		86,230		0.3698  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		78,399		0.3755  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		75,910		0.3731  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		75,000		0.3854  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		60,010		0.3769  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		37,139		0.3679  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		31,253		0.3948  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,854		0.3664  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,518		0.3892  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,507		0.3733  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,157		0.3940  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		24,522		0.3686  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		23,250		0.3814  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		20,546		0.3819  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		16,534		0.3789  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		12,500		0.3885  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,020		0.3807  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,000		0.3734  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,645		0.3699  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,350		0.3728  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,303		0.3753  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,746		0.3942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,671		0.3700  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,487		0.3695  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,171		0.3896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		967		0.3710  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		662		0.3692  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		635		0.3802  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		627		0.3651  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		392		0.3682  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		379		0.3716  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		294		0.3722  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		13,583	0.3686  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,067	0.3695  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		171,443	0.3715  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,207	0.3720  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		223,819	0.3743  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		435,438	0.3757  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,892	0.3763  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		165,971	0.3776  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,805	0.3846  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,171	0.3896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47,180	0.3686  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,909	0.3705  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,652	0.3741  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,130	0.3742  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		99,772	0.3793  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,264	0.3798  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		91,380	0.3833  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,659	0.3863  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,442	0.3900  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,787	0.3905  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		125,724	0.3686  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		299,318	0.3707  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		85,034	0.3751  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,909	0.3802  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:				27 Feb 2025
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				WOOD GROUP (JOHN) 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 2/7 p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-1,170,340	1.7390	European	08 May 2025
4 2/7 p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-488,026	1.1632	European	12 Feb 2026
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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