Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

21 January 2026

 

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:				20 Jan 2026
(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:			8,655,057	1.25%	19,161,782	2.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				19,150,985	2.77%	8,608,484	1.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			27,806,042	4.02%	27,770,266	4.01%
(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		664,273		0.2615  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		109,309		0.2596  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		74,708		0.2602  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		59,932		0.2621  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.2617  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		11,226		0.2618  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		8,439		0.2622  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,155		0.2619  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,607		0.2630  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		407,729		0.2620  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		231,594		0.2622  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		170,894		0.2618  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		132,978		0.2612  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		47,442		0.2614  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		28,418		0.2626  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,481		0.2634  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		24,243		0.2600  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		22,432		0.2625  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		109,063	0.2607  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,442	0.2614  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,209	0.2620  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,701	0.2622  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,957	0.2626  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,396	0.2633  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,309	0.2596  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,541	0.2602  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,356	0.2622  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:				21 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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