Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				21 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:			6,965,284	1.01%	17,936,862	2.59%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				17,676,091	2.55%	6,632,013	0.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,641,375	3.56%	24,568,875	3.55%
(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		1,321,581		0.2451  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		389,688		0.2446  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		219,617		0.2518  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		212,618		0.2439  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		184,043		0.2436  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		158,207		0.2509  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		142,741		0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		105,574		0.2469  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		104,015		0.2449  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		90,932		0.2471  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		58,775		0.2476  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		57,516		0.2514  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		54,966		0.2507  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		30,123		0.2467  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		8,645		0.2460  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		460		0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,058,855		0.2518  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		808,867		0.2471  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		244,373		0.2470  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		154,015		0.2449  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		81,318		0.2494  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		76,936		0.2438  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		75,440		0.2461  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		68,580		0.2447  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		67,221		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		67,127		0.2462  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		65,897		0.2516  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		57,516		0.2514  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		48,571		0.2458  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,000		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,319		0.2504  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,903		0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,108		0.2425  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,649		0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,708		0.2436  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		Decreasing Long		46,288	0.2477  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,108	0.2425  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,708	0.2436  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		460	0.2443  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,189	0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		75,440	0.2461  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		67,127	0.2462  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,319	0.2504  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,277	0.2516  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,420	0.2518  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		201,112	0.2439  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		121,431	0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,234	0.2466  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,775	0.2476  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,340	0.2490  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		811,852	0.2518  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,645	0.2460  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		158,207	0.2509  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		645,000	0.2518  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:				24 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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