| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 18 Mar 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 4 2/7 p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 4,837,954 | 0.70% | 28,615,313 | 4.14% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 28,370,509 | 4.10% | 3,459,110 | 0.50% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 33,208,463 | 4.80% | 32,074,423 | 4.64% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 312,814 | 0.4401 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 231,262 | 0.4360 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 99,242 | 0.4402 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 73,306 | 0.4326 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 23,978 | 0.4338 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 22,489 | 0.4286 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 21,250 | 0.4369 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 18,483 | 0.4375 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,452 | 0.4373 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 13,307 | 0.4295 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 10,000 | 0.4430 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 9,917 | 0.4335 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,662 | 0.4400 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,028 | 0.4226 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,540 | 0.4236 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,160 | 0.4234 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 51 | 0.4380 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 299,544 | 0.4402 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 150,987 | 0.4330 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 117,896 | 0.4401 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 86,296 | 0.4335 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 61,048 | 0.4346 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 24,503 | 0.4395 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 20,121 | 0.4368 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 18,537 | 0.4246 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 12,903 | 0.4400 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 11,250 | 0.4372 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,078 | 0.4454 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,067 | 0.4345 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,990 | 0.4253 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,000 | 0.4394 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,000 | 0.4341 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 4,754 | 0.4303 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,901 | 0.4322 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,544 | 0.4396 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,078 | 0.4420 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 301 | 0.4224 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 289 | 0.4231 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 33,244 | 0.4339 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 289 | 0.4231 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 86,296 | 0.4335 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 61,048 | 0.4346 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,236 | 0.4396 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,032 | 0.4398 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,078 | 0.4453 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,540 | 0.4236 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,486 | 0.4246 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,489 | 0.4286 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 231,262 | 0.4360 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,404 | 0.4386 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,565 | 0.4388 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 462 | 0.4265 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 876 | 0.4396 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 95,477 | 0.4402 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 19 Mar 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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