| 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: | 07 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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| 4,841,365 | 0.70% | 22,095,177 | 3.19% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 22,059,840 | 3.19% | 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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| 26,901,205 | 3.89% | 25,554,287 | 3.69% |
| (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 | 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 | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 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 | |||
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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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| (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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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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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: | 08 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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