Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 31, 2025

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Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			7,079,997	1.02%	20,128,470	2.91%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				20,126,749	2.91%	6,998,360	1.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			27,206,746	3.93%	27,126,830	3.92%
(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		558,424		0.2349  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		257,934		0.2348  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		191,450		0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		147,894		0.2351  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		101,809		0.2353  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		66,317		0.2340  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		54,601		0.2334  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		44,074		0.2347  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		43,075		0.2335  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		22,928		0.2338  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		19,644		0.2345  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		17,605		0.2346  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		16,581		0.2341  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,948		0.2342  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		7,709		0.2344  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		648		0.2352  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		495		0.2356  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		282		0.2362  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		99		0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Purchase		37		0.2360  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		803,144		0.2348  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		156,833		0.2353  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		150,492		0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		147,876		0.2343  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		111,609		0.2359  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		92,870		0.2345  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		77,659		0.2354  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		50,164		0.2361  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		16,258		0.2342  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		13,375		0.2341  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		12,991		0.2338  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		11,125		0.2340  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		8,525		0.2336  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		3,545		0.2344  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		2,700		0.2346  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		796		0.2339  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		648		0.2352  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		495		0.2356  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		282		0.2362  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		99		0.2358  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		Sale		37		0.2360  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		6,796	0.2339  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,102	0.2340  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		104,608	0.2343  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,934	0.2348  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42,214	0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		98,298	0.2359  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,164	0.2361  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,713	0.2344  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,074	0.2347  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,640	0.2348  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		132,356	0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,538	0.2360  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		66,741	0.2348  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		33,280	0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		156,833	0.2353  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		77,659	0.2354  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		54,601	0.2334  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		43,075	0.2335  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		33,690	0.2346  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		69,852	0.2350  GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		101,809	0.2353  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:				31 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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