Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

26 March 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  relevant securities this form relates:			Wood Group (John) plc
(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:			25 Mar 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				5,751,899	0.83%	22,703,726	3.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				22,870,735	3.31%	4,372,293	0.63%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				28,622,634	4.14%	27,076,019	3.91%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	309,640	0.3896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	195,533	0.3874  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	160,001	0.3824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	104,958	0.3924  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	62,830	0.3864  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	19,363	0.3914  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	10,151	0.3939  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	4,502	0.3858  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	2,881	0.3936  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	2,000	0.3942  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	1,289	0.3821  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	1,146	0.3850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	605	0.3870  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Purchase	180	0.3862  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	172,514	0.3871  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	138,442	0.3824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	104,688	0.3909  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	92,678	0.3854  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	64,830	0.3867  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	53,623	0.3851  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	35,454	0.3888  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	27,551	0.3877  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	22,832	0.3894  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	19,363	0.3914  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	18,342	0.3865  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	17,276	0.3853  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	17,088	0.3913  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	15,802	0.3841  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	12,521	0.3889  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	10,000	0.3996  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	9,267	0.3870  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	2,713	0.3846  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	2,292	0.3850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	1,124	0.3842  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	988	0.3912  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	Sale	366	0.3920  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	12,115	0.3865  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	8,784	0.3823  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	138,442	0.3824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	15,802	0.3841  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	52,438	0.3847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	62,700	0.3849  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,046	0.3870  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	28,016	0.3871  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	35,454	0.3888  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,289	0.3821  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	160,000	0.3824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	180	0.3862  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	195,533	0.3874  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,892	0.3913  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,881	0.3936  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	647	0.3838  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	19,989	0.3852  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1	0.3800  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	505	0.3823  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	51,477	0.3859  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				26 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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