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:

20 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:

18,721,111

2.71%

6,936,240

1.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

6,784,668

0.98%

18,093,886

2.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,222

0.17%

TOTAL:

25,505,779

3.69%

26,200,348

3.79%

(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

234,369

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

122,966

1.9807 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

111,528

1.9790 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

64,976

1.9890 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

36,771

1.9884 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

25,912

2.0129 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

24,557

1.9930 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

14,539

1.9919 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,540

2.0058 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,537

1.9940 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,502

1.9826 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,980

2.0059 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,977

2.0071 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,884

2.0102 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,945

1.9895 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,317

2.0091 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,148

2.0049 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,962

2.0060 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,365

2.0100 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

873

2.0160 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

845

1.9788 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

696

2.0180 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

677

2.0159 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

410

2.0080 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

118

1.9778 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

14

2.0120 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

87,078

1.9812 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

47,869

2.0118 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

25,492

1.9789 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

22,164

1.9790 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

17,400

1.9936 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,781

1.9863 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,454

1.9849 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,146

2.0050 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,801

2.0107 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,484

1.9917 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,426

2.0058 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,962

2.0060 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,520

2.0000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,485

2.0040 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

707

2.0160 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

410

2.0080 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

380

1.9970 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

224

1.9940 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

1,130

1.9820 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,959

1.9823 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,500

2.0024 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,957

1.9872 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,945

1.9895 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,660

1.9966 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,808

1.9944 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,466

1.9790 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

224

1.9940 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

380

1.9970 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

396

1.9950 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,351

1.9800 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,400

1.9936 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

500

1.9870 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,484

1.9917 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,454

1.9849 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,492

1.9789 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28

2.0122 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50

2.0152 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

400

2.0073 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

696

2.0180 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

792

1.9950 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,000

2.0139 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,539

1.9919 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,976

1.9890 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

113,515

1.9790 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

234,369

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

16,404

1.9903 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:

21 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

-1,170,222

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: