REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
05/12/2025 14:45
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RNS Number : 5106K Barclays PLC 05 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: 04 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: 6,854,282 0.99% 18,585,251 2.69%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
18,576,816 2.69% 6,839,617 0.99%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 25,431,098 3.68% 25,424,868 3.67%
(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 828,648 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 771,208 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 410,444 0.2419 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 256,746 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 256,589 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 228,646 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 227,351 0.2445 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 192,626 0.2465 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 150,000 0.2486 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 134,574 0.2413 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 125,799 0.2389 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 104,449 0.2500 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 101,865 0.2398 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 89,820 0.2480 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 67,741 0.2459 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 65,904 0.2441 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 53,990 0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 52,009 0.2476 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 27,500 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 23,396 0.2367 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 11,066 0.2511 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,554 0.2364 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,517 0.2414 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,128 0.2380 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 5,000 0.2532 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 4,503 0.2378 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,394 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,008,475 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 902,318 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 582,933 0.2453 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 359,722 0.2412 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 355,117 0.2425 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 326,083 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 319,106 0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 175,000 0.2369 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 172,838 0.2455 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 171,969 0.2395 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 127,302 0.2413 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 126,810 0.2419 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 100,000 0.2480 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 61,226 0.2469 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 47,183 0.2414 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 25,420 0.2428 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 25,106 0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 23,460 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 23,041 0.2390 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,583 0.2357 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,526 0.2459 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 1,044 0.2337 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 300 0.2333 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 169 0.2330 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 1,583 0.2357 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,982 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 902,318 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 326,083 0.2442 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,526 0.2459 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 43,795 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,503 0.2378 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 196,027 0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 227,351 0.2445 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 256,746 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 319,106 0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 172,838 0.2455 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 21,066 0.2464 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 855,932 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 101,865 0.2398 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 256,589 0.2441 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 192,626 0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 89,820 0.2480 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 723,593 0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 4,449 0.2500 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: 05 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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