REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
19/12/2025 13:00
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RNS Number : 3247M Barclays PLC 19 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: 18 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: 7,396,145 1.07% 19,479,437 2.82%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
19,440,269 2.81% 7,314,508 1.06%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 26,836,414 3.88% 26,793,945 3.87%
(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 377,666 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 294,803 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 201,244 0.2376 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 185,580 0.2381 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 80,845 0.2378 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 73,981 0.2373 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 71,012 0.2371 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 69,260 0.2366 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 23,374 0.2368 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 21,000 0.2372 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 18,030 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 16,590 0.2386 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 9,041 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 340 0.2365 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 346,994 0.2376 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 266,550 0.2371 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 263,303 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 84,847 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 82,999 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 75,358 0.2378 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 53,555 0.2366 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 49,319 0.2377 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 25,000 0.2406 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 21,000 0.2372 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 20,864 0.2367 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 6,940 0.2385 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 49,319 0.2377 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 75,358 0.2378 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 77,256 0.2382 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,234 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,199 0.2440 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 340 0.2366 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 185,580 0.2381 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,748 0.2386 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 20,864 0.2367 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 266,550 0.2371 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 21,000 0.2372 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 5,741 0.2373 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 953 0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 14,073 0.2366 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 23,374 0.2367 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 71,012 0.2371 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 53,948 0.2376 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,632 0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 211,804 0.2394 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 100,000 0.2400 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: 19 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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