Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

30 April 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:				29 Apr 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:			4,769,698	0.69%	21,649,491	3.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			21,681,512	3.13%	3,650,538	0.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,451,210	3.82%	25,300,029	3.66%
(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		514,547		0.1777  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		496,835		0.1877  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		482,893		0.1773  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		457,366		0.1847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		385,665		0.1800  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		191,553		0.1791  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		160,777		0.1864  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		152,365		0.1744  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		133,810		0.1785  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		105,660		0.1830  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		31,640		0.1758  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		30,124		0.1822  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		26,760		0.1886  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,060		0.1746  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,870		0.1766  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		0.1722  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		11,077		0.1760  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,250		0.1921  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,220		0.1887  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,965		0.1814  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,120		0.1803  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,344		0.1735  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,236		0.1810  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		672		0.1769  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		374		0.1752  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		251		0.1840  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,889,410		0.1792  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		695,322		0.1782  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		392,751		0.1791  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		278,357		0.1828  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		162,569		0.1805  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		88,125		0.1876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		63,732		0.1745  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		60,136		0.1863  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		36,190		0.1746  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		33,946		0.1877  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		27,031		0.1735  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		15,000		0.1722  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		12,367		0.1747  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		11,077		0.1760  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,350		0.1737  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		8,039		0.1780  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,777		0.1903  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,233		0.1768  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,000		0.1766  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,270		0.1904  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,318		0.1763  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,931		0.1850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,311		0.1767  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,056		0.1758  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		302		0.1755  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		221		0.1879  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		695,322	0.1782  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		392,751	0.1791  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		224,583	0.1824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,913	0.1826  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,158	0.1832  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,700	0.1839  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,774	0.1847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,931	0.1849  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		92,619	0.1876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		482,893	0.1773  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		424,917	0.1777  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71,810	0.1876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,670	0.1877  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,220	0.1887  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,133,301	0.1792  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,468,648	0.1812  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		41,498	0.1835  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		457,366	0.1847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,891	0.1876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		11,077	0.1759  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		271,531	0.1789  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,133,301	0.1792  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		98,722	0.1806  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		734,324	0.1812  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		80,296	0.1821  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,963	0.1834  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		82,996	0.1835  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		509,437	0.1840  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		457,366	0.1847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		33,782	0.1876  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		462,889	0.1877  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:				30 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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