Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			7,022,918	1.02%	18,355,837	2.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				18,149,776	2.62%	6,771,113	0.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,172,694	3.64%	25,126,950	3.63%
(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		1,190,360		0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		311,680		0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		213,798		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		156,315		0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		96,166		0.2439  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		89,075		0.2428  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		72,321		0.2461  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		68,275		0.2446  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		60,396		0.2457  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		51,878		0.2429  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		32,004		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		31,749		0.2459  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,201		0.2453  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,500		0.2417  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,925		0.2462  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,600		0.2443  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,562		0.2415  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		13,041		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,262		0.2452  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,843		0.2458  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,304		0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		525,307		0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		346,531		0.2438  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		205,618		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		182,863		0.2439  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		165,721		0.2443  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		141,494		0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		101,485		0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		99,333		0.2436  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		92,323		0.2444  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		82,219		0.2456  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		44,039		0.2459  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,712		0.2480  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,174		0.2433  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,660		0.2426  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		964		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		185		0.2442  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		40,997	0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		141,494	0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		182,863	0.2439  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,195	0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		216,608	0.2442  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,712	0.2480  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,748	0.2431  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54,202	0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		883,276	0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82,837	0.2442  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,433	0.2459  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		191,422	0.2440  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		205,618	0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		82,219	0.2456  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		44,039	0.2459  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		16,562	0.2415  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		311,680	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		101,485	0.2441  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		21,250	0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		72,321	0.2461  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:				27 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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