Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

03 December 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:				02 Dec 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:			6,610,233	0.96%	17,601,342	2.54%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				17,604,910	2.54%	6,472,968	0.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,215,143	3.50%	24,074,310	3.48%
(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		1,214,510		0.2427  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		341,045		0.2431  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		321,514		0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		305,677		0.2434  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		300,507		0.2451  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		145,020		0.2422  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		105,571		0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		96,429		0.2418  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		91,994		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		58,461		0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		40,031		0.2452  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		24,430		0.2411  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		23,472		0.2454  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,299		0.2464  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		15,059		0.2466  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		13,903		0.2442  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		12,500		0.2470  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		9,114		0.2445  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,032		0.2421  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,694		0.2462  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		536		0.2402  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		361		0.2426  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,343,668		0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		769,822		0.2428  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		601,507		0.2426  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		520,694		0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		504,067		0.2431  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		115,909		0.2460  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		107,129		0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		102,325		0.2436  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		82,503		0.2423  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		74,253		0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		49,478		0.2445  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		41,000		0.2434  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		36,811		0.2449  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		33,825		0.2458  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		33,655		0.2453  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		30,245		0.2429  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		28,571		0.2432  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		14,731		0.2410  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,388		0.2466  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,032		0.2421  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,871		0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,694		0.2462  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,549		0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		536		0.2402  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		11,977	0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,558	0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,902	0.2429  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74,253	0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,549	0.2435  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102,325	0.2436  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,868	0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,787	0.2457  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		220,468	0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		96,429	0.2418  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		145,020	0.2422  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,903	0.2442  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,655	0.2452  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		1,342,759	0.2408  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		290,877	0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		520,694	0.2448  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		36,811	0.2449  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		33,825	0.2458  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		115,909	0.2460  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		105,571	0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		290,877	0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,844	0.2445  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		84,334	0.2450  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		300,507	0.2451  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:				03 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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