| 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: | 04 Dec 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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| 6,854,282 | 0.99% | 18,585,251 | 2.69% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 18,576,816 | 2.69% | 6,839,617 | 0.99% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 25,431,098 | 3.68% | 25,424,868 | 3.67% |
| (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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (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 | 828,648 | 0.2482 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 771,208 | 0.2400 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 410,444 | 0.2419 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 256,746 | 0.2466 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 256,589 | 0.2442 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 228,646 | 0.2424 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 227,351 | 0.2445 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 192,626 | 0.2465 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 150,000 | 0.2486 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 134,574 | 0.2413 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 125,799 | 0.2389 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 104,449 | 0.2500 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 101,865 | 0.2398 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 89,820 | 0.2480 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 67,741 | 0.2459 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 65,904 | 0.2441 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 53,990 | 0.2449 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 52,009 | 0.2476 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 27,500 | 0.2462 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 23,396 | 0.2367 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 11,066 | 0.2511 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,554 | 0.2364 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,517 | 0.2414 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,128 | 0.2380 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,000 | 0.2532 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 4,503 | 0.2378 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,394 | 0.2464 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,008,475 | 0.2482 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 902,318 | 0.2424 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 582,933 | 0.2453 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 359,722 | 0.2412 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 355,117 | 0.2425 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 326,083 | 0.2442 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 319,106 | 0.2384 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 175,000 | 0.2369 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 172,838 | 0.2455 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 171,969 | 0.2395 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 127,302 | 0.2413 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 126,810 | 0.2419 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 100,000 | 0.2480 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 61,226 | 0.2469 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 47,183 | 0.2414 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 25,420 | 0.2428 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 25,106 | 0.2462 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 23,460 | 0.2464 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 23,041 | 0.2390 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,583 | 0.2357 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,526 | 0.2459 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,044 | 0.2337 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 300 | 0.2333 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 169 | 0.2330 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,583 | 0.2357 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,982 | 0.2394 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 902,318 | 0.2424 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 326,083 | 0.2442 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,526 | 0.2459 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 43,795 | 0.2482 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,503 | 0.2378 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 196,027 | 0.2424 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 227,351 | 0.2445 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 256,746 | 0.2466 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 319,106 | 0.2384 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1 | 0.2400 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 172,838 | 0.2455 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 21,066 | 0.2464 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 855,932 | 0.2482 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 101,865 | 0.2398 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 256,589 | 0.2441 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 192,626 | 0.2466 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 89,820 | 0.2480 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 723,593 | 0.2482 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 4,449 | 0.2500 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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| (ii) | Exercise |
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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: | 05 Dec 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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