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RNS Number : 8822G Barclays PLC 30 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: 29 Apr 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: 4,769,698 0.69% 21,649,491 3.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 21,681,512 3.13% 3,650,538 0.53%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 26,451,210 3.82% 25,300,029 3.66%
(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 514,547 0.1777 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 496,835 0.1877 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 482,893 0.1773 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 457,366 0.1847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 385,665 0.1800 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 191,553 0.1791 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 160,777 0.1864 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 152,365 0.1744 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 133,810 0.1785 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 105,660 0.1830 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 31,640 0.1758 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 30,124 0.1822 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 26,760 0.1886 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 19,060 0.1746 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 17,870 0.1766 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 15,000 0.1722 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 11,077 0.1760 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,250 0.1921 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,220 0.1887 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,965 0.1814 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,120 0.1803 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,344 0.1735 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,236 0.1810 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 672 0.1769 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 374 0.1752 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 251 0.1840 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,889,410 0.1792 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 695,322 0.1782 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 392,751 0.1791 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 278,357 0.1828 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 162,569 0.1805 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 88,125 0.1876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 63,732 0.1745 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 60,136 0.1863 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 36,190 0.1746 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 33,946 0.1877 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 27,031 0.1735 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 15,000 0.1722 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 12,367 0.1747 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 11,077 0.1760 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 10,350 0.1737 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 8,039 0.1780 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 6,777 0.1903 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 5,233 0.1768 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 5,000 0.1766 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 4,270 0.1904 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 3,318 0.1763 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,931 0.1850 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,311 0.1767 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,056 0.1758 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 302 0.1755 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 221 0.1879 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 695,322 0.1782 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 392,751 0.1791 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 224,583 0.1824 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,913 0.1826 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,158 0.1832 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,700 0.1839 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 53,774 0.1847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,931 0.1849 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 92,619 0.1876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 482,893 0.1773 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 424,917 0.1777 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 71,810 0.1876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 69,670 0.1877 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,220 0.1887 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,133,301 0.1792 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,468,648 0.1812 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 41,498 0.1835 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 457,366 0.1847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 16,891 0.1876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 11,077 0.1759 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 271,531 0.1789 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,133,301 0.1792 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 98,722 0.1806 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 734,324 0.1812 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 80,296 0.1821 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,963 0.1834 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 82,996 0.1835 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 509,437 0.1840 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 457,366 0.1847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 33,782 0.1876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 462,889 0.1877 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: 30 Apr 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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