| 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: | 20 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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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 4,958,121 | 0.72% | 28,799,140 | 4.16% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 28,961,524 | 4.19% | 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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| 33,919,645 | 4.90% | 32,258,250 | 4.66% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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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 | 613,704 | 0.4365 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 531,196 | 0.4418 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 348,695 | 0.4414 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 206,548 | 0.4345 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 204,842 | 0.4369 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 86,304 | 0.4346 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 73,900 | 0.4381 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 50,317 | 0.4358 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 32,811 | 0.4344 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 22,419 | 0.4382 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 17,766 | 0.4306 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,797 | 0.4372 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 12,437 | 0.4312 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,733 | 0.4347 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,060 | 0.4389 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,730 | 0.4337 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,006 | 0.4462 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,123 | 0.4280 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 4,438 | 0.4332 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,090 | 0.4317 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,019 | 0.4489 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,492 | 0.4370 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,970 | 0.4324 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,960 | 0.4351 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 557 | 0.4323 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 410 | 0.4274 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 4 | 0.4500 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 527,638 | 0.4358 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 409,738 | 0.4383 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 178,129 | 0.4432 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 171,461 | 0.4299 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 126,374 | 0.4338 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 116,978 | 0.4407 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 73,137 | 0.4339 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 57,909 | 0.4455 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 39,360 | 0.4230 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 23,259 | 0.4467 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 22,419 | 0.4382 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 21,216 | 0.4312 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 17,039 | 0.4464 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 15,469 | 0.4377 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 12,500 | 0.4311 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 10,004 | 0.4369 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 9,857 | 0.4463 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 8,771 | 0.4316 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 8,644 | 0.4390 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 7,381 | 0.4334 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,208 | 0.4412 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 4,502 | 0.4291 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 4,394 | 0.4341 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,219 | 0.4332 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,169 | 0.4420 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,970 | 0.4324 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,479 | 0.4346 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 720 | 0.4381 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 312 | 0.4450 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 135 | 0.4418 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,148 | 0.4328 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,369 | 0.4319 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 126,374 | 0.4338 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 73,137 | 0.4339 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 720 | 0.4381 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,726 | 0.4408 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,208 | 0.4412 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 99,855 | 0.4418 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 410 | 0.4274 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 557 | 0.4323 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,869 | 0.4334 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,343 | 0.4335 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,184 | 0.4339 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 32,811 | 0.4344 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 87,739 | 0.4346 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,262 | 0.4347 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,960 | 0.4351 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 915 | 0.4361 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 220 | 0.4377 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,216 | 0.4381 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 36 | 0.4382 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 424 | 0.4395 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,990 | 0.4418 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4 | 0.4500 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 8,735 | 0.4358 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,154 | 0.4379 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 82,597 | 0.4382 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,939 | 0.4333 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 125,726 | 0.4418 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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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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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: | 21 Mar 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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