Form 8.3 - JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

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

JOHN WOOD GROUP 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:

05 Jun 2024

(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 2/7p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

14,479,888

2.09%

5,522,379

0.80%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

5,335,991

0.77%

13,678,017

1.98%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,341

0.17%

TOTAL:

19,815,879

2.86%

20,370,737

2.94%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

59,188

1.8193 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

42,249

1.8572 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

37,599

1.8254 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

33,202

1.8151 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

28,114

1.8578 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

26,930

1.8278 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

24,819

1.8155 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

24,194

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

21,953

1.8260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

15,348

1.8426 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,967

1.8592 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,399

1.8650 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,138

1.8115 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,086

1.8472 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,398

1.8157 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,017

1.8282 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,751

1.8470 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,538

1.8130 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,400

1.8467 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,376

1.8270 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,374

1.8200 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,260

1.8440 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

981

1.8182 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

679

1.8053 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

650

1.8188 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

583

1.8090 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

517

1.8490 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

361

1.8634 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

49

1.8145 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

41

1.8010 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

101,511

1.8200 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

92,918

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

68,840

1.8332 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

40,116

1.8417 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

40,048

1.8568 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

35,955

1.8196 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

35,850

1.8144 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

20,687

1.8414 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

18,676

1.8601 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

15,883

1.8128 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,939

1.8401 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,213

1.8244 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,058

1.8114 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,590

1.8149 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,740

1.8285 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,389

1.8357 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,053

1.8353 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,996

1.8150 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,538

1.8130 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,376

1.8270 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,371

1.8650 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,260

1.8440 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,142

1.8050 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,129

1.8141 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

679

1.8053 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

650

1.8190 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

270

1.8227 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

149

1.8066 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

138

1.8640 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

116

1.8351 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

41

1.8010 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

34

1.8699 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

-901

1.8594 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49

1.8145 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,558

1.8087 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,751

1.8470 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,398

1.8157 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,580

1.8124 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,967

1.8592 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,459

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,948

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,348

1.8426 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

1.8320 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

159

1.8005 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

320

1.7995 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,142

1.8050 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,832

1.8169 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,863

1.8407 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,580

1.8511 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,687

1.8414 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68,840

1.8332 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34

1.8699 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

116

1.8351 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,389

1.8357 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,536

1.8057 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,096

1.8156 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,314

1.8163 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,116

1.8417 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

870

1.8260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,094

1.8254 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,175

1.8237 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,277

1.8312 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,709

1.8265 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,000

1.8651 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,000

1.8652 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,472

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,508

1.8600 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,188

1.8193 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

18,676

1.8601 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

20,705

1.8222 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)

Exercising

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?

YES

Date of disclosure:

06 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO

PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings

Barclays PLC.

are being disclosed:

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

relevant securities this from relates:

2.

OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

4 2/7p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-1,170,341

1.7390

European

08-May-2025

3.

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: