REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc
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RNS Number : 4185I Barclays PLC 20 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: 19 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: 6,526,171 0.94% 17,645,749 2.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
17,390,322 2.51% 6,198,302 0.90%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 23,916,493 3.46% 23,844,051 3.45%
(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 3,241,806 0.2426 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 769,789 0.2499 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 729,885 0.2429 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 681,511 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 492,992 0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 399,867 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 370,818 0.2390 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 351,780 0.2393 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 349,408 0.2410 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 272,952 0.2402 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 244,732 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 205,898 0.2436 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 144,798 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 114,928 0.2397 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 71,180 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 35,669 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 25,000 0.2414 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 17,700 0.2420 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 7,851 0.2406 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,324 0.2386 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,076 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 3,437,937 0.2440 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,390,543 0.2417 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 725,246 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 479,092 0.2433 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 321,804 0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 302,905 0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 269,890 0.2434 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 203,980 0.2405 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 117,154 0.2472 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 108,519 0.2392 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 99,000 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 97,822 0.2398 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 97,192 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 81,190 0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 59,601 0.2399 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 54,873 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 34,739 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 27,552 0.2413 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 21,838 0.2430 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 18,982 0.2403 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 87,445 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,000 0.2392 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,172 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 203,980 0.2405 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 49,192 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,862 0.2413 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 772,341 0.2417 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 54,873 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,429 0.2433 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 21,428 0.2387 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14,241 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 33,237 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,628 0.2403 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 280,266 0.2407 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 244,732 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 202,062 0.2437 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 166,178 0.2402 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 395,890 0.2404 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 21,646 0.2430 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 6,964 0.2379 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 351,780 0.2393 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 194,810 0.2435 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: 20 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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