REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
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RNS Number : 1295J Barclays PLC 26 November 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: 25 Nov 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: 6,314,514 0.91% 18,125,060 2.62%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
17,906,918 2.59% 6,050,628 0.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 24,221,432 3.50% 24,175,688 3.49%
(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 598,284 0.2468 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 498,081 0.2483 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 294,643 0.2469 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 264,677 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 176,295 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 121,254 0.2493 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 118,212 0.2505 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 112,097 0.2484 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 103,628 0.2475 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 92,443 0.2467 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 92,380 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 30,939 0.2461 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 29,026 0.2487 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 26,984 0.2460 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 26,135 0.2455 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 22,682 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 21,886 0.2501 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 11,666 0.2446 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 11,582 0.2458 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,796 0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,364 0.2524 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,080 0.2491 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 4,577 0.2480 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 3,378 0.2500 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 3,282 0.2513 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,140 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,690 0.2494 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,400 0.2456 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,391 0.2502 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,342 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,158,041 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 591,077 0.2483 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 375,038 0.2488 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 330,478 0.2478 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 237,632 0.2497 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 236,610 0.2463 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 229,133 0.2473 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 214,932 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 119,939 0.2487 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 101,391 0.2502 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 72,489 0.2480 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 54,655 0.2486 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 53,282 0.2505 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 51,524 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 43,197 0.2468 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 34,077 0.2446 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 4,166 0.2451 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 3,378 0.2500 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,140 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,690 0.2494 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,521 0.2485 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,434 0.2458 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,400 0.2456 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,342 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,340 0.2454 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 Decreasing Long 5,779 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,166 0.2451 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 18,078 0.2452 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 218,532 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 946,576 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,521 0.2485 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 375,038 0.2488 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 237,632 0.2497 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 646 0.2461 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 159,037 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 92,443 0.2467 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 114,698 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 109,178 0.2472 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 118,212 0.2505 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 45,230 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 58,359 0.2469 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 34,452 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 213,484 0.2471 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 6,943 0.2472 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 30,293 0.2461 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 320,055 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,854 0.2487 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: 26 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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