REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
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RNS Number : 1143K Barclays PLC 03 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: 02 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: 6,610,233 0.96% 17,601,342 2.54%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
17,604,910 2.54% 6,472,968 0.94%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 24,215,143 3.50% 24,074,310 3.48%
(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 1,214,510 0.2427 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 341,045 0.2431 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 321,514 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 305,677 0.2434 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 300,507 0.2451 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 145,020 0.2422 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 105,571 0.2409 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 96,429 0.2418 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 91,994 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 58,461 0.2430 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.2432 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 40,031 0.2452 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 24,430 0.2411 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 23,472 0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 17,299 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 15,059 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 13,903 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 12,500 0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 9,114 0.2445 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 6,032 0.2421 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,694 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 536 0.2402 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 361 0.2426 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,343,668 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 769,822 0.2428 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 601,507 0.2426 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 520,694 0.2448 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 504,067 0.2431 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 115,909 0.2460 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 107,129 0.2409 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 102,325 0.2436 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 82,503 0.2423 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 74,253 0.2430 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 49,478 0.2445 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 41,000 0.2434 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 36,811 0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 33,825 0.2458 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 33,655 0.2453 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 30,245 0.2429 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 28,571 0.2432 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 14,731 0.2410 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 6,388 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 6,032 0.2421 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,871 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,694 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,549 0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 536 0.2402 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 11,977 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,558 0.2409 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 69,902 0.2429 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 74,253 0.2430 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,549 0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 102,325 0.2436 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,868 0.2448 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 19,787 0.2457 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 220,468 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 96,429 0.2418 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 145,020 0.2422 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 13,903 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 33,655 0.2452 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Opening Long 1,342,759 0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 290,877 0.2419 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 520,694 0.2448 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 36,811 0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 33,825 0.2458 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 115,909 0.2460 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 105,571 0.2409 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 290,877 0.2419 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,844 0.2445 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 84,334 0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 300,507 0.2451 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: 03 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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