Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

Barclays PLC

01 April 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:				31 Mar 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:			4,989,498	0.72%	22,180,574	3.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			22,317,943	3.23%	3,607,243	0.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			27,307,441	3.95%	25,787,817	3.73%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		711,534		0.2907  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		617,699		0.2893  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		570,858		0.2823  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		566,004		0.2929  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		352,575		0.2864  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		159,770		0.2914  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		113,168		0.2931  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		112,463		0.2972  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		74,122		0.2714  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		71,473		0.2933  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		60,592		0.2991  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		35,667		0.2960  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		35,231		0.2975  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		33,111		0.2995  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		27,629		0.3072  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		23,324		0.2987  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		22,400		0.2910  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		21,198		0.2896  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		20,974		0.2997  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,846		0.2894  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		9,953		0.2827  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,494		0.3016  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,173		0.3126  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		0.2676  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,021		0.2748  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,672		0.2801  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,273		0.2988  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,022		0.2994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,337		0.2833  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,163		0.2679  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,105		0.2809  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,663		0.2474  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,262		0.3282  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,168		0.2850  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,168		0.2924  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,071		0.2865  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		742		0.2824  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		627		0.2860  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		482		0.2938  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		347		0.3198  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		316		0.2734  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		184		0.2874  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		115		0.2813  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		86		0.2769  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,083,968		0.2895  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		664,371		0.2834  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		600,000		0.2992  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		534,988		0.2935  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		335,355		0.2855  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		242,503		0.2907  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		170,581		0.2849  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		169,512		0.2806  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		141,263		0.2848  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		93,378		0.2865  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		76,231		0.3023  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		63,102		0.3000  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		48,631		0.2761  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		44,786		0.2908  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		32,313		0.2652  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,687		0.2860  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,746		0.2651  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,264		0.2782  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		8,280		0.2488  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,198		0.2668  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,663		0.2474  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,262		0.3282  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,168		0.2924  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,145		0.2722  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		366	0.2748  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,251	0.2789  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,643	0.2790  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,937	0.2803  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		116,896	0.2804  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		664,371	0.2834  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,083,968	0.2895  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		534,988	0.2935  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,001	0.3263  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,000	0.3265  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,889	0.2592  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,163	0.2679  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74,122	0.2714  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,414	0.2804  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,105	0.2809  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		122,467	0.2835  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		179,370	0.2844  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		627	0.2860  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		617,699	0.2893  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		711,534	0.2907  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		482	0.2938  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,340	0.2954  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,022	0.2994  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,000	0.2998  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,494	0.3016  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,629	0.3072  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,924	0.3110  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,173	0.3126  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		18,000	0.3003  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		30,789	0.2847  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,246	0.3272  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)	Exercising
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:				01 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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