Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

12 November 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:				11 Nov 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:			6,158,160	0.89%	16,245,122	2.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				16,032,551	2.32%	5,831,620	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,190,711	3.21%	22,076,742	3.19%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,816,967		0.2264  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		767,182		0.2249  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		386,693		0.2269  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		369,093		0.2275  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		369,002		0.2271  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		262,414		0.2246  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		209,844		0.2266  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		126,899		0.2262  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		110,672		0.2261  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		76,707		0.2288  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		74,784		0.2274  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		64,076		0.2252  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		59,798		0.2371  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		35,000		0.2256  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		0.2245  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.2250  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,334		0.2257  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		14,144		0.2297  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,859		0.2243  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,244		0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,202		0.2378  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,178		0.2283  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,891,589		0.2288  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		705,615		0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		439,597		0.2276  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		323,862		0.2263  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		313,715		0.2287  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		306,265		0.2265  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		291,778		0.2243  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		146,566		0.2270  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		101,053		0.2319  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		79,622		0.2272  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		62,893		0.2264  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		54,261		0.2279  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		20,468		0.2245  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.2234  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		19,334		0.2257  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		19,144		0.2320  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,112		0.2267  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,597		0.2249  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,673		0.2269  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		419		0.2228  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		129		0.2240  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		1,699	0.2243  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,729	0.2249  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		146,312	0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,304	0.2261  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		306,265	0.2265  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,673	0.2269  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		313,715	0.2287  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,592	0.2340  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,576	0.2251  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,244	0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		369,002	0.2271  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		369,093	0.2275  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,178	0.2283  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		125,291	0.2239  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		560,066	0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		54,261	0.2279  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		466,287	0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		200,890	0.2264  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		38,886	0.2276  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		76,707	0.2288  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)	Exercise
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:				12 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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