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:

04 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:

14,558,485

2.10%

5,451,746

0.79%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

5,261,067

0.76%

13,662,156

1.97%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,349

0.17%

TOTAL:

19,819,552

2.86%

20,284,251

2.93%

(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

2,763,306

1.7912 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

90,710

1.7953 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

78,132

1.7936 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

1.7958 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

40,286

1.8030 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

40,196

1.7949 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

29,923

1.7888 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

28,114

1.7872 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

16,355

1.7814 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

13,628

1.7887 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,680

1.7967 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,970

1.7864 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,039

1.7884 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,830

1.7840 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,754

1.7909 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,931

1.7878 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,717

1.7874 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,702

1.7930 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,587

1.7900 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,480

1.7833 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,300

1.7756 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,833

1.7938 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,839

1.7890 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,628

1.7895 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,137

1.7836 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,096

1.7862 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,065

1.7940 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,663

1.7818 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.7935 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,861

1.7660 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,834

1.7943 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,623

1.7873 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,601

1.7960 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,494

1.7845 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,126

1.7910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

834

1.7710 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

449

1.7789 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,417,606

1.7898 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

428,047

1.7926 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

223,755

1.7996 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

210,702

1.7935 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

160,600

1.7950 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

136,682

1.7930 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

117,479

1.7934 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

75,623

1.7912 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

61,557

1.7900 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

56,826

1.7892 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

40,431

1.7951 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

37,289

1.8030 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

36,949

1.7965 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

36,769

1.7924 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

30,189

1.7933 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

25,700

1.7913 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

24,720

1.7908 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

23,766

1.7815 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

22,466

1.7936 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

12,533

1.7819 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

11,587

1.7911 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

10,626

1.8029 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,512

1.7861 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,582

1.7944 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,173

1.7868 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,985

1.7822 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,960

1.7825 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,126

1.7910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,085

1.7660 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,064

1.8000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,063

1.7955 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

834

1.7710 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

25

1.7860 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

37

1.8024 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

100

1.7920 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

603

1.7770 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,065

1.7940 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,427

1.8030 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,766

1.7853 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,985

1.7822 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

24,631

1.7986 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,720

1.7908 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,826

1.7892 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

57,144

1.7900 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63,776

1.8030 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64,953

1.8028 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

169

1.7899 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,274

1.7966 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,880

1.7868 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,046

1.7707 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,626

1.8029 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,671

1.7825 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,866

1.7835 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

38,157

1.7951 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

116

1.7789 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,032

1.7899 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,494

1.7845 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,601

1.7960 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,798

1.7938 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,031

1.7877 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,066

1.7944 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,970

1.7864 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,390

1.7863 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,001

1.7890 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

324,377

1.7912 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

18,267

1.7941 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:

05 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

-1,170,349

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: