Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 15, 2025

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Barclays PLC

15 December 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:				12 Dec 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:			7,424,056	1.07%	19,138,074	2.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				19,082,335	2.76%	7,321,320	1.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,506,391	3.83%	26,459,394	3.82%
(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		819,950		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		391,497		0.2359  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		189,939		0.2381  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		152,626		0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		103,251		0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		82,445		0.2393  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		32,268		0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		21,018		0.2361  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,526		0.2397  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,798		0.2387  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,546		0.2340  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		2,483		0.2384  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		81		0.2380  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		251,949		0.2365  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		178,967		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		137,280		0.2383  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		89,432		0.2402  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		89,367		0.2376  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		81,586		0.2360  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		79,254		0.2361  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		29,736		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		10,724		0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,700		0.2374  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,362		0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,483		0.2384  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,263		0.2418  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,636		0.2395  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,561		0.2351  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,548		0.2396  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		1,561	0.2351  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		86,679	0.2374  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		465	0.2380  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,636	0.2395  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,548	0.2396  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,388	0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		89,432	0.2402  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,362	0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,994	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		152,626	0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81	0.2380  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82,445	0.2393  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,809	0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		697,027	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,483	0.2339  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		137,280	0.2383  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		31,794	0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,263	0.2417  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		71,301	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,029	0.2339  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		189,939	0.2381  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,526	0.2397  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		32,268	0.2399  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		65,236	0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,780	0.2420  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:				15 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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