Form 8.3 -Wood Group (John) 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 relevant securities this form relates:

Wood Group (John) plc

(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 Mar 2025

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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 2/7 p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

5,737,836

0.83%

22,724,988

3.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

22,891,997

3.31%

4,358,230

0.63%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

28,629,833

4.14%

27,083,218

3.91%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

212,298

0.4042 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

177,300

0.3922 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

177,020

0.3885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

169,753

0.3912 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

108,720

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

94,439

0.3804 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

88,610

0.4092 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

56,029

0.4003 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

34,757

0.3901 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

27,488

0.3940 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

24,463

0.4052 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,227

0.3939 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

15,000

0.4023 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,295

0.3811 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

7,295

0.3933 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,369

0.3882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,007

0.3876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,658

0.3998 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,261

0.3799 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,928

0.3870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,466

0.3897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,366

0.3803 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

230

0.4096 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

93

0.3883 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

58

0.3810 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

422,110

0.3944 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

323,290

0.3890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

237,376

0.3896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

234,038

0.3821 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

145,104

0.4019 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

129,110

0.3967 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

110,000

0.4157 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

102,331

0.3843 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

81,400

0.3892 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

67,541

0.3873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

49,347

0.3859 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

38,811

0.3804 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

21,534

0.3839 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

17,978

0.3851 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,847

0.3854 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,511

0.3879 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,253

0.3950 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

6,173

0.3831 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

5,568

0.3959 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

4,306

0.3818 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

3,876

0.3876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,209

0.3866 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,187

0.3849 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,069

0.3836 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,800

0.3904 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

499

0.3778 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

356

0.3900 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

31,985

0.3839 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,204

0.3802 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

144,271

0.3803 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,318

0.3804 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

53,283

0.3824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,130

0.3830 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86,556

0.3850 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,978

0.3851 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

67,597

0.3855 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

81,400

0.3892 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

237,376

0.3896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,800

0.3904 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,283

0.3942 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58

0.3810 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,928

0.3870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,007

0.3876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,369

0.3882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

93

0.3884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,466

0.3897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

177,300

0.3922 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

108,720

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

64

0.3818 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

101,558

0.3852 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

280,361

0.3911 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

701

0.4051 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8

0.3800 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

36,009

0.3803 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

25 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213