Form 8.3 Wood Group (John) plc

RNS Number : 5869D

Barclays PLC

03 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:				02 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:			4,903,743	0.71%	22,509,613	3.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			22,646,982	3.27%	3,519,373	0.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			27,550,725	3.98%	26,028,986	3.76%
(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		381,657		0.2937 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		259,407		0.2958 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		193,518		0.2891 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		124,110		0.2920 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		96,874		0.3070 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		22,721		0.3076 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,626		0.3091 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		10,457		0.2902 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,298		0.3062 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,269		0.2910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		469		0.3002 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		490,080		0.2922 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		205,170		0.2911 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		140,300		0.2956 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		102,656		0.2939 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		77,895		0.2950 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		68,708		0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		52,000		0.2992 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		50,000		0.3084 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		18,761		0.2865 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		15,656		0.2845 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,542		0.2858 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,643		0.3004 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		4,391		0.3042 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,683		0.3054 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,940		0.3073 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		102,656	0.2939 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,911	0.2940 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,810	0.2947 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		140,300	0.2956 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,931	0.2957 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71,785	0.2958 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,457	0.2902 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		124,110	0.2920 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		150,984	0.2937 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		469	0.3002 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,545	0.3008 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92,974	0.3070 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,110	0.2859 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		71,170	0.2952 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:				03 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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