Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			6,156,361	0.89%	16,241,769	2.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				16,033,464	2.32%	5,833,569	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,189,825	3.21%	22,075,338	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		535,297		0.2258  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		362,749		0.2273  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		278,189		0.2149  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		254,757		0.2250  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		245,404		0.2144  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		228,055		0.2238  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		213,675		0.2285  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		197,663		0.2236  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		189,181		0.2234  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		187,556		0.2242  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		144,118		0.2291  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		105,557		0.2200  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		71,683		0.2202  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		67,207		0.2188  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		46,000		0.2309  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		40,130		0.2294  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		32,345		0.2235  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		27,036		0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,433		0.2290  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,968		0.2286  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,981		0.2174  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,448		0.2277  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		665,871		0.2144  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		598,469		0.2188  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		573,553		0.2265  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		300,321		0.2248  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		261,025		0.2277  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		177,314		0.2270  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		146,991		0.2259  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		123,744		0.2236  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		98,933		0.2298  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		92,633		0.2290  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		87,687		0.2156  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,000		0.2312  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		24,130		0.2200  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		23,935		0.2238  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		18,518		0.2209  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		16,136		0.2286  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		14,832		0.2244  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,963		0.2282  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,664		0.2281  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,655		0.2294  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		504		0.2213  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		4,078	0.2208  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		504	0.2213  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		177,314	0.2270  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		261,025	0.2277  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,664	0.2281  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,963	0.2282  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,655	0.2294  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,136	0.2213  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		218,377	0.2238  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		187,556	0.2242  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,219	0.2260  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,448	0.2277  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		413,681	0.2144  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		146,991	0.2259  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		245,404	0.2145  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		34,503	0.2181  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		99,467	0.2200  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		71,683	0.2203  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		144,118	0.2291  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:				13 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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