| 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: | 17 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% | 22,190,123 | 3.21% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 22,193,502 | 3.21% | 3,459,110 | 0.50% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 26,888,467 | 3.89% | 25,649,233 | 3.71% |
| (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 | 1,787,793 | 0.2085 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 487,247 | 0.2103 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 452,266 | 0.2216 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 397,082 | 0.2110 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 350,478 | 0.2087 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 213,409 | 0.2154 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 156,735 | 0.2151 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 123,574 | 0.2182 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 55,496 | 0.2150 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 48,213 | 0.2005 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 36,374 | 0.2107 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 31,292 | 0.2008 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 27,936 | 0.2207 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 19,000 | 0.2071 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,857 | 0.2010 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 16,084 | 0.2046 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 14,285 | 0.2106 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 13,989 | 0.2131 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 11,563 | 0.2003 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 10,040 | 0.2033 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,281 | 0.2191 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 7,132 | 0.2129 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,529 | 0.2170 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 4,601 | 0.2152 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,749 | 0.2022 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,835 | 0.2067 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,711 | 0.2268 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 0.2038 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,139,101 | 0.2140 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 491,412 | 0.2098 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 381,829 | 0.2212 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 366,512 | 0.2161 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 363,897 | 0.2131 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 160,487 | 0.2059 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 102,700 | 0.2099 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 95,288 | 0.2047 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 84,467 | 0.2162 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 69,145 | 0.2012 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 67,938 | 0.2128 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 57,229 | 0.2132 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 49,329 | 0.2169 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 46,962 | 0.2071 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 44,880 | 0.2188 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 42,178 | 0.2119 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 20,447 | 0.2160 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 13,910 | 0.2061 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 5,258 | 0.2178 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,912 | 0.2010 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,819 | 0.2051 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,630 | 0.2057 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 491,412 | 0.2098 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 363,897 | 0.2131 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,258 | 0.2178 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,563 | 0.2003 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 19,000 | 0.2071 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 350,478 | 0.2087 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 397,082 | 0.2110 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,582 | 0.2182 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,849 | 0.2196 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 9,229 | 0.1987 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 40,013 | 0.2018 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,000 | 0.2020 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 439,730 | 0.2036 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 64,154 | 0.1975 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 10,926 | 0.2010 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3,000 | 0.2030 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 21,382 | 0.2040 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 168,468 | 0.2151 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: | 22 Apr 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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