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:

24 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:

19,538,329

2.82%

7,113,101

1.03%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

6,954,841

1.01%

18,928,860

2.74%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,545

0.17%

TOTAL:

26,493,170

3.83%

27,212,506

3.93%

(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

103,318

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

99,060

1.9943 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

71,366

1.9942 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

58,851

1.9909 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

47,918

1.9510 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

26,275

1.9941 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

17,844

1.9947 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,230

1.9883 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,486

1.9976 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,613

1.9849 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,475

1.9980 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,203

1.9999 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,203

2.0000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

723

1.9874 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

343

1.9841 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

61

1.9880 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

75,976

1.9945 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

71,366

1.9942 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

61,038

1.9894 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

45,476

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

20,512

1.9911 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

18,837

1.9951 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

18,070

1.9914 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

16,991

1.9900 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

15,717

1.9938 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

12,948

1.9924 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,608

1.9809 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,672

1.9939 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,013

1.9923 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,905

1.9783 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,781

1.9995 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,331

1.9690 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,203

2.0000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

113

1.9740 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

Closing Short

804

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,327

1.9837 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

411

1.9892 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

500

1.9870 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,283

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,475

1.9980 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,532

1.9897 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,195

1.9973 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,706

1.9952 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

101,231

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

1.9800 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,331

1.9690 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,706

1.9755 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,725

1.9974 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,385

1.9944 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,948

1.9924 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,717

1.9938 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,837

1.9951 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,000

1.9799 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

62

1.9824 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

528

1.9925 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

630

1.9878 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,418

1.9909 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,744

1.9799 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,454

1.9900 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,672

1.9939 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,249

1.9905 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

1.9940 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

343

1.9841 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

584

1.9853 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,613

1.9849 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,486

1.9976 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,000

2.0002 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,230

1.9883 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,868

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47,918

1.9509 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:

25 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

-1,170,545

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: