Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

RNS Number : 9728C

Barclays PLC

31 March 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:				28 Mar 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:			5,065,128	0.73%	21,608,891	3.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			21,772,641	3.15%	3,682,873	0.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			26,837,769	3.88%	25,291,764	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		400,546		0.3999 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		340,594		0.4024 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		207,823		0.4015 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		189,710		0.4025 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		141,742		0.3980 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		140,776		0.3996 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		139,995		0.3994 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		98,532		0.4140 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		77,031		0.3992 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		32,374		0.3988 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,349		0.4014 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		12,711		0.4126 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		12,500		0.3986 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,360		0.4072 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,793		0.4133 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,401		0.4002 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,238		0.3882 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,444		0.3971 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,812		0.4146 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,484		0.3910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,893		0.4009 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		1,742		0.3959 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		836		0.4003 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		795		0.4060 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		291		0.3925 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		170		0.3978 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		163		0.3942 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		103		0.3955 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		519,974		0.3994 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		394,734		0.4018 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		221,602		0.4007 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		127,871		0.4009 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		76,998		0.4031 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		51,702		0.4000 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		44,682		0.4005 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		32,866		0.3962 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		29,007		0.4022 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		27,312		0.3995 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,706		0.3996 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,115		0.4028 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,037		0.4109 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		16,495		0.4026 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,400		0.3939 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.4071 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,640		0.4010 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		29,598	0.3938 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,956	0.3946 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,530	0.3969 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,282	0.3993 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		308,978	0.3994 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		216,388	0.3995 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,176	0.3998 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		127,871	0.4009 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,640	0.4010 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		598	0.3900 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,886	0.3913 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		163	0.3942 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,392	0.3946 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79	0.3950 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,033	0.3967 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24	0.3971 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126,573	0.3988 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		184,639	0.3991 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,603	0.3994 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		411	0.3995 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		400,546	0.3999 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		836	0.4003 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,893	0.4009 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		350	0.4010 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,256	0.4011 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		175,440	0.4025 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	0.4044 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98,532	0.4140 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,349	0.3847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		80,999	0.3862 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		155,912	0.3993 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		50,000	0.3860 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,294	0.3988 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		134,649	0.3994 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:				31 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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