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Short version:

From what’s publicly available, the “Eric Beverley” who’s just disclosed a 1.3% stake in Wood looks like a private UK investor from an aerospace-industry family, not a fund or well-known activist vehicle.

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1. What the Wood RNS actually shows

The Takeover Panel Form 8.3 filed on 13 November 2025 is in the name of “Eric Beverley and close relatives”, with the heading “Eric Robert Beverley”. It shows:

Holding: 9,000,000 Wood Group ordinary shares,

Stake: about 1.30% of the company,

Recent trades: several purchases around 21.5–21.6p on 12 November 2025,

No derivatives, no special option or indemnity arrangements, and no agreements about voting with other parties (both sections explicitly state “None”).

So he’s disclosing as a natural person / family, not as a fund manager or institution.

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2. Who is Eric Robert Beverley?

Public UK company records list an Eric Robert Beverley as a director of a small private company, John Humphreys (Oldham) Ltd, alongside (presumably) family members.

That tells us:

He’s UK-based and has been a company director for many years.

He is not showing up as a big-name institutional manager, hedge fund, or similar.

Beyond that, there’s very little biographical press coverage of Eric Robert himself – no obvious interviews, fund profiles, or activist campaigns I can see. So at face value he’s a private businessman / investor who has taken a fairly punchy family position in Wood.

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3. The “Eric Beverley” aerospace connection

A lot more information exists about an older Eric Beverley, clearly from the same extended family, who was a major figure in the UK aerospace industry:

The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers runs the Eric Beverley Scholarship / Bursary, explicitly “named in memory of Eric Beverley CBE DFC – Commercial Director BAC Weapons Group, President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies and, in 1978, Master Coachmaker.”

Aviation Week’s laureates material and contemporary press describe Eric Beverley as commercial director of the British Aerospace Dynamics Group and president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), heavily involved with the Farnborough Air Show.

UK honours lists show “Eric Latham Beverley”, Group Commercial Director, British Aerospace Dynamics Group, receiving the CBE – matching the same profile.

Multiple aviation / RAeC and Cranfield University documents reference the “Eric Beverley Scholarship/Bursary” as a long-running fund for PhD-level aerospace research.

Important distinction:

The Wood RNS is Eric Robert Beverley (living, UK investor).

The scholarships are in memory of Eric Latham Beverley CBE DFC, a senior British Aerospace executive who is now deceased.

It is very plausible (but not confirmed in any public source I can see) that Eric Robert is a close relative (e.g. son) of Eric Latham Beverley; the c

Well written BS with out the need of emojis🥳

Should know late afternoon Monday

We are hearing zilch .That's not possible if there's bad news of a no vote . The money men and that's not us mug punters on the board would notice certain fund managers taking a vastly contrary position to the market . It would get out and the market would adjust .I expect we'll rise to 24 late Monday before the votes published.

GRaff can't see the would from the tree's

Cat and future yes I'm getting Sparta at 3.

93% blame chatgpt also they buying at 23p so in the eyes of the ai are in essence now expecting 30p to go through on balance

Am I right in saying Sparta was the only activist investor who have ideas of us listing etc . that you can assume would vote no they have just under 4% who has publicly indicated its a no from them ? We need another 22% for a no vote

The shares drop a bit and we're all doomed .

Just Done the same 16320 for the princely sum of 3650 something. Hope I'm right .

Yes from me 48000 tiny in the scheme of things but if put through then 47%+ roi for 4 months money tied up .

And if it goes t#ts up then that's the price you pay for wanting nigh on 50% return.

Thanks for the heads up 😁 everyone on this board who isn't under water are gambling apart from the few that appear to have insider knowledge 🤣

New here be gentle, ice appears to be talking bunkum. If it is indicated to be a no vote then who are the 26% who are they backing , why is it not above 30p already . Why no message from the board .

Here's what I think . Mm are playing about with the share price simple as that . You are going to have s few of the short sellers who have a defined get out strategy the rest are just doing what they can to cream off the spread .

When it shot up to 24.64 no doubt they caught a few who thought that next stop was 28 p .Now they play about dropping the price to catch the very same who think skid row and single pennies is imminent. As it stands people buying in sub 30p then no news is good news .

And people carrying bags above 30p no news is bad news time will tell .

The RNS today are just legal requirements due to Takeover panel being involved .

Now the company mentioned in each rns are just running a book and not actively taking a position.

They will take a short and long position to hedge or stay neutral to what ever occurs during trading

Thanks

Is reporting today or have I missed something?

Someone knows something 😉

50% of something big is far better than ,100% of something small . Guild is in its infancy don't expect a straight trajectory.

Am I right in saying we ain't got no drivers yet for a race that starts tomorrow. And secondly I see we've given a few players the Spanish archer treatment (el bow )

Beckham signing selfies is low rent and he'd never do it , but Beckham in a guild top at a basketball game in the states sitting next to le bron etc .. would do the trick .if Guild are to sell merch to gain a bigger audience he's going have to put the top on .