Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 17, 2025

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Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			7,404,212	1.07%	19,292,039	2.79%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				19,252,788	2.78%	7,322,493	1.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,657,000	3.85%	26,614,532	3.85%
(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		302,692		0.2412  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		180,327		0.2430  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		117,100		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		104,534		0.2386  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		82,017		0.2380  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		75,000		0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		66,364		0.2393  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		37,031		0.2390  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		26,847		0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,600		0.2391  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,867		0.2394  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,717		0.2364  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		5,697		0.2400  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		4,074		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		344,161		0.2392  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		197,988		0.2422  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		141,833		0.2389  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		89,159		0.2395  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		74,693		0.2414  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		72,522		0.2411  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		58,715		0.2390  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		56,698		0.2386  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		25,517		0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		11,321		0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		5,717		0.2364  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,914		0.2370  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,248		0.2383  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,742		0.2379  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		1,374		0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		311		0.2380  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		3,914	0.2369  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,742	0.2379  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,248	0.2383  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,665	0.2389  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,715	0.2390  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,242	0.2393  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,321	0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,382	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,517	0.2380  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		56,698	0.2386  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		73,010	0.2389  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		89,159	0.2395  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		19,120	0.2398  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		158,321	0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		102,084	0.2385  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,450	0.2386  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,847	0.2409  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		158,321	0.2419  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		457	0.2420  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		180,327	0.2430  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:				17 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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