Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

05 March 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:				04 Mar 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:			5,018,453	0.73%	31,263,359	4.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			30,905,353	4.47%	3,459,110	0.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			35,923,806	5.19%	34,722,469	5.02%
(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		446,062		0.4041  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		216,755		0.4038  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		201,298		0.4057  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		196,818		0.4036  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		158,607		0.4053  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		151,654		0.4028  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		130,121		0.3991  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		117,180		0.4005  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		47,075		0.3966  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		46,669		0.4035  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		42,271		0.3971  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,067		0.4085  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,000		0.4101  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		12,311		0.4047  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		12,252		0.3984  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,051		0.3994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		8,333		0.3962  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,542		0.4022  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,860		0.4039  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,819		0.3949  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,027		0.4054  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,713		0.3983  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,591		0.4086  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,575		0.3974  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,496		0.3976  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,431		0.4140  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,430		0.4066  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,227		0.4045  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		385		0.4084  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		161		0.3988  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,084,558		0.4055  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		271,204		0.4057  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		203,842		0.4036  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		163,416		0.4043  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		160,619		0.3975  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		105,670		0.4027  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		60,000		0.4022  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		59,958		0.4065  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		59,398		0.4016  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		53,901		0.4040  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		46,178		0.4032  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		39,016		0.4001  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		29,031		0.3994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		20,895		0.4031  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		11,305		0.3974  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,479		0.4033  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		8,564		0.4034  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		7,196		0.4008  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,669		0.4060  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,421		0.4024  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,338		0.3991  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,000		0.3958  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,288		0.4085  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,000		0.3964  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,844		0.4004  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,577		0.4080  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,542		0.4140  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,989		0.4075  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,748		0.4070  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,713		0.3984  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,708		0.3944  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,668		0.4006  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,591		0.4086  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,496		0.3976  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,459		0.4071  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,430		0.4066  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,210		0.3998  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		953		0.4109  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		880		0.3953  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		162		0.3942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		161		0.3988  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		14		0.4068  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		7,196	0.4008  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,895	0.4031  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		100,000	0.4035  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		229,492	0.4055  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		197,827	0.4057  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,459	0.4071  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,577	0.4080  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,819	0.3949  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		75,461	0.4011  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		48,271	0.4013  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		216,755	0.4038  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,860	0.4039  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,227	0.4045  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		201,298	0.4057  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		385	0.4085  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,591	0.4086  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		320	0.4140  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		387,404	0.3961  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,860	0.4036  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,003	0.4074  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		799	0.3930  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?				NO
Date of disclosure:				05 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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