Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

01 May 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:				30 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:			5,450,624	0.79%	21,636,854	3.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			21,673,734	3.13%	4,338,075	0.63%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			27,124,358	3.92%	25,974,929	3.75%
(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		1,627,605		0.1958  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		849,952		0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		687,452		0.1936  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		673,064		0.1937  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		331,028		0.1950  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		291,436		0.1867  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		100,869		0.1869  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		81,767		0.1946  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		66,240		0.1875  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		43,512		0.1840  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		36,250		0.2058  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		30,062		0.1986  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		28,048		0.1889  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		26,419		0.1865  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,671		0.1828  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		24,709		0.1816  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,248		0.1868  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		13,196		0.1942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,881		0.1880  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,620		0.1930  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,801		0.1850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,038		0.1862  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,990		0.1895  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,803		0.2035  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,793		0.1832  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,053		0.1891  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,785		0.2049  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,423		0.1801  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		145		0.1825  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,744,589		0.1929  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		514,042		0.1920  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		422,633		0.1919  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		397,926		0.1921  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		286,771		0.1869  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		167,939		0.1885  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		146,571		0.1922  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		132,471		0.1849  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		125,393		0.1843  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		76,095		0.1892  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		68,167		0.1908  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		62,669		0.1889  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		43,125		0.1898  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		30,841		0.1884  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		30,096		0.1986  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		18,401		0.1821  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,892		0.1841  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,224		0.2021  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,271		0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,056		0.2052  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,980		0.1938  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		145		0.1825  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		125,393	0.1843  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		170,616	0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		211,197	0.1845  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,261	0.1895  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,970	0.1900  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		422,633	0.1919  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		397,926	0.1921  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75,574	0.1935  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,765	0.1973  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,851	0.1979  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		851,272	0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,801	0.1850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,881	0.1880  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		687,452	0.1936  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		673,064	0.1937  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,074	0.1941  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		315,399	0.1950  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		25,230	0.1825  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,892	0.1841  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		547,525	0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		338,090	0.1960  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,927	0.1844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		510,368	0.1901  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:				01 May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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