Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			8,466,899	1.22%	19,423,961	2.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				19,422,240	2.81%	8,420,326	1.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			27,889,139	4.03%	27,844,287	4.02%
(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		536,235		0.2607  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		429,500		0.2617  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		197,687		0.2615  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		168,423		0.2562  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		126,069		0.2621  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		124,271		0.2660  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		108,440		0.2590  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		106,835		0.2628  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		103,000		0.2610  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		52,712		0.2646  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		50,479		0.2645  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		0.2603  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		22,978		0.2642  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,825		0.2650  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,500		0.2638  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,802		0.2640  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		257		0.2634  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2		0.2648  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		439,159		0.2660  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		353,182		0.2620  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		232,973		0.2618  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		176,369		0.2613  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		148,300		0.2603  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		110,555		0.2627  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		80,811		0.2584  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		65,090		0.2609  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		50,000		0.2550  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		42,000		0.2650  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		35,056		0.2571  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		23,512		0.2600  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		14,070		0.2607  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		9,479		0.2570  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		8,764		0.2556  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		7,500		0.2638  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,991		0.2592  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,322		0.2628  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		148,300	0.2603  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,090	0.2609  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		176,369	0.2613  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		490	0.2659  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,170	0.2660  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,382	0.2560  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,042	0.2589  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,202	0.2590  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		197,687	0.2615  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		425,118	0.2618  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9	0.2628  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		791	0.2660  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,582	0.2600  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		353,182	0.2620  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		110,555	0.2627  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		320,598	0.2660  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		536,235	0.2607  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		9	0.2611  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		98,813	0.2623  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		104,451	0.2628  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		50,479	0.2645  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:				15 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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