REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
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RNS Number : 0465L Barclays PLC 10 December 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: 09 Dec 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: 6,191,330 0.89% 18,883,888 2.73%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
18,804,012 2.72% 6,064,457 0.88%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 24,995,342 3.61% 24,948,345 3.61%
(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 911,396 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 607,391 0.2393 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 230,578 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 140,910 0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 123,367 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 122,453 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 118,598 0.2405 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 103,374 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 100,360 0.2397 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 64,295 0.2390 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 57,051 0.2387 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 52,161 0.2410 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 39,628 0.2415 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 30,735 0.2417 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 17,745 0.2396 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 9,640 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 8,126 0.2386 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,228 0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,287 0.2392 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,451,722 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 663,979 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 455,878 0.2385 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 307,909 0.2401 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 291,177 0.2390 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 230,578 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 200,123 0.2402 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 132,487 0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 102,128 0.2395 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 66,189 0.2418 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 63,324 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 58,692 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 14,877 0.2375 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 10,000 0.2422 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 4,695 0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,438 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,175 0.2387 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 924,149 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,144 0.2370 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,277 0.2375 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 479 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,438 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,695 0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 230,578 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 280,794 0.2390 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 106,869 0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,507 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 26,948 0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,287 0.2392 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,592 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 102,480 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 230,578 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 145,638 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 58,213 0.2379 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 109,866 0.2395 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 168,461 0.2402 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 66,189 0.2418 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 22,493 0.2420 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 51,615 0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 73,600 0.2393 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 7,738 0.2395 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 48,161 0.2397 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 19,973 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 100,186 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 118,598 0.2405 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 22,493 0.2420 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: 10 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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