| 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: | 15 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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| 4,694,963 | 0.68% | 22,370,921 | 3.23% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 22,374,511 | 3.23% | 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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| 27,069,474 | 3.91% | 25,830,031 | 3.73% |
| (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 | 1,021,010 | 0.2394 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 757,198 | 0.2352 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 609,184 | 0.2365 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 580,752 | 0.2367 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 299,240 | 0.2364 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 204,090 | 0.2387 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 197,045 | 0.2391 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 161,253 | 0.2256 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 154,740 | 0.2359 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 145,770 | 0.2383 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 101,781 | 0.2340 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 25,541 | 0.2353 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 17,500 | 0.2507 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,801 | 0.2505 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 13,695 | 0.2323 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 12,395 | 0.2334 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 10,068 | 0.2389 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,142 | 0.2342 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,587 | 0.2398 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 720 | 0.2381 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,220,670 | 0.2374 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 865,614 | 0.2362 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 586,581 | 0.2363 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 489,960 | 0.2357 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 411,230 | 0.2320 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 400,000 | 0.2415 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 193,983 | 0.2305 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 151,000 | 0.2394 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 149,471 | 0.2318 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 121,287 | 0.2342 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 107,823 | 0.2351 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 97,703 | 0.2381 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 92,265 | 0.2428 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 77,088 | 0.2341 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 30,117 | 0.2413 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 24,975 | 0.2337 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 20,000 | 0.2425 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 17,513 | 0.2365 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 7,763 | 0.2282 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,843 | 0.2407 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,898 | 0.2308 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,498 | 0.2326 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,020 | 0.2400 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,683 | 0.2331 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 766 | 0.2330 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 56,724 | 0.2256 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,364 | 0.2314 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,181 | 0.2322 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 865,614 | 0.2362 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 586,581 | 0.2363 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30,117 | 0.2413 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,549 | 0.2272 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,022 | 0.2313 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 409 | 0.2316 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,146 | 0.2330 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 609,184 | 0.2365 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 454,352 | 0.2367 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 124,221 | 0.2256 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 39,854 | 0.2329 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 89,414 | 0.2332 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 53,033 | 0.2344 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 33,777 | 0.2386 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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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 16 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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