REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
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RNS Number : 3661V Barclays PLC 04 March 2026
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: 03 Mar 2026
(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: 13,790,848 1.99% 16,567,478 2.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
16,520,953 2.39% 13,744,275 1.99%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 30,311,801 4.38% 30,311,753 4.38%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 3,436,629 0.2839 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,259,731 0.2876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 818,468 0.2851 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 480,443 0.2847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 358,960 0.2868 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 292,281 0.2875 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 239,343 0.2885 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 217,573 0.2870 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 154,918 0.2857 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 106,211 0.2843 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 62,372 0.2893 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 55,871 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 36,064 0.2874 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 35,629 0.2892 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 26,282 0.2880 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 19,436 0.2891 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 14,400 0.2872 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 9,698 0.2871 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 8,092 0.2889 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,237 0.2866 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 517 0.2895 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,510,420 0.2837 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 792,740 0.2875 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 634,415 0.2873 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 376,780 0.2888 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 319,316 0.2839 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 211,532 0.2858 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 178,029 0.2806 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 144,671 0.2878 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 139,742 0.2852 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 125,618 0.2847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 122,813 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 106,211 0.2843 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 104,400 0.2823 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 97,727 0.2869 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 54,770 0.2838 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 33,174 0.2865 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 20,585 0.2886 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 19,950 0.2840 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 6,048 0.2821 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 5,000 0.2818 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 3,951 0.2855 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 3,311 0.2874 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 2,237 0.2866 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 171,172 0.2802 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 19,950 0.2840 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 36,379 0.2869 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 391,474 0.2873 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 702,603 0.2875 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 32,276 0.2895 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,857 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 516,640 0.2570 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 21,728 0.2800 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 480,443 0.2847 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 818,468 0.2851 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,170 0.2870 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 15,098 0.2871 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,675 0.2873 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,254,843 0.2876 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 88,155 0.2886 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 56,388 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,037 0.2900 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,048 0.2821 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 61,348 0.2868 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 246,252 0.2873 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 113,593 0.2878 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,585 0.2886 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 67,578 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 106,211 0.2843 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 154,918 0.2857 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 217,573 0.2871 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 165,504 0.2875 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 100,619 0.2879 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) Exercise
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: 04 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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