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:

28 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:

19,514,532

2.82%

6,930,648

1.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

6,481,587

0.94%

18,911,102

2.73%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,339

0.17%

TOTAL:

25,996,119

3.76%

27,012,089

3.90%

(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

402,417

2.0572 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

238,963

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

178,346

2.0594 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

103,568

2.0575 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

93,836

2.0512 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

39,926

2.0289 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

32,890

2.0608 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

31,972

2.0499 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

17,176

2.0538 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

12,363

2.0515 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,424

2.0532 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,414

2.0362 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,323

2.0522 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,216

2.0460 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,663

2.0346 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,242

2.0497 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,902

2.0380 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,777

2.0716 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,696

2.0510 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,455

2.0830 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,450

2.0420 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,411

2.0479 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,409

2.0500 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

14

2.0410 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10

2.0440 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

469,808

2.0587 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

402,417

2.0572 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

142,139

2.0609 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

111,991

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

103,734

2.0577 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

81,669

2.0592 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

68,508

2.0619 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

67,997

2.0596 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

67,883

2.0553 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

61,629

2.0504 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

42,026

2.0575 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

16,067

2.0569 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

13,397

2.0502 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

12,042

2.0540 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

11,842

2.0471 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

10,253

2.0562 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

9,012

2.0521 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,387

2.0438 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,063

2.0580 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,200

2.0535 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,887

2.0573 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,312

2.0460 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,167

2.0578 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,321

2.0466 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,706

2.0605 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,897

2.0380 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,550

2.0566 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,165

2.0405 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,760

2.0420 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,150

2.0486 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

537

2.0800 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

37

2.0848 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

Opening Short

17,681

2.0545 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

114,026

2.0586 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

2.0426 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

432

2.0621 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

2.0716 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

841

2.0478 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,200

2.0535 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

2.0533 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

141,298

2.0610 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49

2.0393 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,898

2.0408 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

129,578

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

103,734

2.0577 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,418

2.0586 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,663

2.0346 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,414

2.0362 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,836

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

469,808

2.0587 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,706

2.0459 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

897

2.0487 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,067

2.0569 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,112

2.0585 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

68,508

2.0619 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37

2.0848 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

104

2.0400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14

2.0410 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,411

2.0479 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,868

2.0500 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,222

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,000

2.0465 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,000

2.0672 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

322

2.0460 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

644

2.0460 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,751

2.0540 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

103,568

2.0575 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,377

2.0563 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

81,669

2.0592 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,274

2.0620 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,981

2.0620 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:

01 Jul 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

-1,170,339

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: