| 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: | 01 Apr 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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| 4,990,553 | 0.72% | 22,466,404 | 3.25% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 22,603,773 | 3.27% | 3,608,298 | 0.52% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 27,594,326 | 3.99% | 26,074,702 | 3.77% |
| (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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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,042,529 | 0.3019 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 303,359 | 0.3026 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 295,120 | 0.3030 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 138,420 | 0.3070 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 57,638 | 0.3034 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 55,239 | 0.3000 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 52,086 | 0.2966 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 41,601 | 0.3072 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 38,000 | 0.2977 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 27,500 | 0.3039 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,250 | 0.3075 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 15,217 | 0.3029 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 10,000 | 0.3032 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,308 | 0.3007 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,378 | 0.3050 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,000 | 0.2974 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,042 | 0.2902 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,491 | 0.3066 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 848 | 0.3060 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 988,988 | 0.3008 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 421,396 | 0.3024 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 344,779 | 0.3014 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 193,759 | 0.3064 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 104,388 | 0.3017 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 99,942 | 0.2977 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 62,629 | 0.3022 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 41,121 | 0.3073 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 40,332 | 0.3048 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 35,000 | 0.3047 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 25,442 | 0.3043 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 11,770 | 0.2989 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 11,279 | 0.3076 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,993 | 0.3079 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,900 | 0.2904 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,042 | 0.2902 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,879 | 0.3038 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,644 | 0.3060 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,844 | 0.3077 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 674 | 0.3026 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,223 | 0.2903 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 344,779 | 0.3014 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 421,396 | 0.3024 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 674 | 0.3026 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 111,911 | 0.3054 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 64,145 | 0.3056 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 42,814 | 0.3071 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 303,359 | 0.3026 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 295,120 | 0.3030 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 848 | 0.3060 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 537 | 0.3066 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 41,601 | 0.3072 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,383 | 0.3076 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 13,492 | 0.2923 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 11,279 | 0.3075 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 95 | 0.3100 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 7,630 | 0.3010 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 15,919 | 0.3051 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 27,615 | 0.3075 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 36,021 | 0.3090 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: | 02 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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