| 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: | 16 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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| 4,694,965 | 0.68% | 21,889,707 | 3.16% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 21,893,086 | 3.16% | 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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| 26,588,051 | 3.84% | 25,348,817 | 3.66% |
| (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 | 1,143,120 | 0.2204 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 958,581 | 0.2216 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 569,983 | 0.2215 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 190,097 | 0.2174 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 124,771 | 0.2209 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 99,062 | 0.2189 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 75,990 | 0.2208 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 38,326 | 0.2238 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 34,127 | 0.2193 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 30,257 | 0.2229 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 12,694 | 0.2192 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,916 | 0.2220 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 110 | 0.2188 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 533,201 | 0.2220 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 523,921 | 0.2222 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 438,385 | 0.2215 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 331,019 | 0.2207 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 271,713 | 0.2201 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 192,615 | 0.2206 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 168,805 | 0.2221 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 48,062 | 0.2202 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 45,000 | 0.2211 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 44,786 | 0.2195 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 36,747 | 0.2232 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 35,136 | 0.2208 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 28,365 | 0.2231 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 16,223 | 0.2136 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 14,936 | 0.2200 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 13,852 | 0.2205 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 11,518 | 0.2236 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 10,761 | 0.2171 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 7,768 | 0.2197 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,953 | 0.2203 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,701 | 0.2180 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,214 | 0.2165 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 6,000 | 0.2250 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,315 | 0.2198 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 613 | 0.2186 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 209 | 0.2174 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,555 | 0.2189 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,895 | 0.2193 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 730 | 0.2212 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 533,201 | 0.2220 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 523,921 | 0.2222 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,000 | 0.2250 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 507,843 | 0.2204 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 885,787 | 0.2216 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38,326 | 0.2238 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 18,382 | 0.2172 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 261,345 | 0.2188 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 125,553 | 0.2230 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 127,137 | 0.2173 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 399,914 | 0.2174 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: | 17 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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