Form 8.3 - Wood Group (John) plc

RNS Number : 1609E

Barclays PLC

08 April 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:				07 Apr 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:			4,841,365	0.70%	22,095,177	3.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			22,059,840	3.19%	3,459,110	0.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			26,901,205	3.89%	25,554,287	3.69%
(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		520,842		0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		475,436		0.2429 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		348,869		0.2538 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		285,682		0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		275,526		0.2453 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		240,367		0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		206,305		0.2362 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		94,874		0.2451 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		92,940		0.2570 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		71,844		0.2448 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		60,314		0.2391 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		25,671		0.2457 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		23,531		0.2483 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		18,759		0.2525 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,855		0.2470 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		6,659		0.2420 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,558		0.2467 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		3,280		0.2473 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,837		0.2446 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		0.2492 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		102		0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		688,544		0.2463 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		203,468		0.2478 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		202,600		0.2459 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		202,088		0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		164,157		0.2432 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		117,932		0.2385 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		94,874		0.2451 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		48,733		0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		31,777		0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		27,886		0.2448 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		26,000		0.2552 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		23,383		0.2434 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		21,596		0.2514 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		6,256		0.2410 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,791		0.2436 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,465		0.2418 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,175		0.2420 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		88,905	0.2364 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,753	0.2421 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,098	0.2426 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,849	0.2438 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		202,088	0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		202,600	0.2459 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		82	0.2624 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,478	0.2362 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		102	0.2400 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74,275	0.2424 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		127,954	0.2435 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		520,842	0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,054	0.2450 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		285,682	0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,617	0.2462 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,000	0.2466 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,558	0.2467 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,280	0.2473 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,940	0.2570 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		56,969	0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		272,588	0.2362 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:				08 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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