Form 8.3 -Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

25 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  relevant securities this form relates:			Wood Group (John) plc
(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:			24 Mar 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				5,737,836	0.83%	22,724,988	3.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				22,891,997	3.31%	4,358,230	0.63%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				28,629,833	4.14%	27,083,218	3.91%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	212,298	0.4042  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	177,300	0.3922  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	177,020	0.3885  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	169,753	0.3912  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	108,720	0.3994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	94,439	0.3804  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	88,610	0.4092  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	56,029	0.4003  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	34,757	0.3901  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	27,488	0.3940  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	24,463	0.4052  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	19,227	0.3939  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	15,000	0.4023  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	10,295	0.3811  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	7,295	0.3933  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	4,369	0.3882  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	3,007	0.3876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	2,658	0.3998  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	2,261	0.3799  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	1,928	0.3870  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	1,466	0.3897  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	1,366	0.3803  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	230	0.4096  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	93	0.3883  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	58	0.3810  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	422,110	0.3944  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	323,290	0.3890  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	237,376	0.3896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	234,038	0.3821  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	145,104	0.4019  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	129,110	0.3967  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	110,000	0.4157  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	102,331	0.3843  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	81,400	0.3892  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	67,541	0.3873  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	49,347	0.3859  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	38,811	0.3804  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	21,534	0.3839  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	17,978	0.3851  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	10,847	0.3854  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	10,511	0.3879  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	10,253	0.3950  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	6,173	0.3831  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	5,568	0.3959  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	4,306	0.3818  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	3,876	0.3876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	2,209	0.3866  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	2,187	0.3849  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	2,069	0.3836  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	1,800	0.3904  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	499	0.3778  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	356	0.3900  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	31,985	0.3839  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	24,204	0.3802  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	144,271	0.3803  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	15,318	0.3804  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	53,283	0.3824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,130	0.3830  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	86,556	0.3850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	17,978	0.3851  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	67,597	0.3855  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	81,400	0.3892  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	237,376	0.3896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,800	0.3904  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,283	0.3942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	58	0.3810  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,928	0.3870  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,007	0.3876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,369	0.3882  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	93	0.3884  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,466	0.3897  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	177,300	0.3922  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	108,720	0.3994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	64	0.3818  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	101,558	0.3852  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	280,361	0.3911  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	701	0.4051  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	8	0.3800  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	36,009	0.3803  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				25 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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