REG - Barclays PLC Wood Group (John)PLC - Form 8.3 WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC
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RNS Number : 9133V Barclays PLC 09 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: 06 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: 12,099,036 1.75% 16,471,556 2.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
16,469,713 2.38% 12,097,671 1.75%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 28,568,749 4.13% 28,569,227 4.13%
(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 262,084 0.2912 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 231,941 0.2890 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 185,412 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 157,189 0.2913 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 92,660 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 74,313 0.2904 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 69,006 0.2880 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 60,557 0.2920 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 19,737 0.2928 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 13,056 0.2914 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 3,300 0.2901 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2,542 0.2906 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 1,281 0.2910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 835 0.2900 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 95 0.2926 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 11 0.2924 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Purchase 2 0.2908 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 360,442 0.2891 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 298,960 0.2908 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 185,343 0.2910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 151,919 0.2893 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 78,308 0.2901 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 66,294 0.2899 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 48,106 0.2890 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 44,955 0.2914 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 43,151 0.2907 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 40,671 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 40,032 0.2904 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 38,236 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 37,503 0.2902 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 26,030 0.2912 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 22,058 0.2905 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 16,894 0.2924 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 7,074 0.2900 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 5,865 0.2911 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 5,784 0.2894 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 566 0.2898 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 293 0.2903 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary Sale 95 0.2926 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 87 0.2890 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 151,919 0.2893 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 40,671 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,653 0.2900 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 78,308 0.2901 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 43,151 0.2907 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 313,135 0.2908 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 31,353 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 21,171 0.2910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 26,030 0.2912 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,882 0.2914 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 298,960 0.2888 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,842 0.2903 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,012 0.2906 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 43,452 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 260,072 0.2912 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 157,189 0.2913 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 19,737 0.2928 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Opening Long 387,364 0.2890 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 10,098 0.2903 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 113,042 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 51,770 0.2910 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 14,017 0.2915 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 633 0.2920 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 16,883 0.2924 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 76,270 0.2896 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 34,281 0.2904 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 24,604 0.2909 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 60,557 0.2919 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 633 0.2920 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: 09 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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