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RNS Number : 3400F Barclays PLC 16 April 2025
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
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
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 15 Apr 2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security: 4 2/7 p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,694,963 0.68% 22,370,921 3.23%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 22,374,511 3.23% 3,459,110 0.50%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 27,069,474 3.91% 25,830,031 3.73%
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
executive
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
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
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
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
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement
to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the
disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c) Attachments
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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