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

WOOD GROUP (JOHN) 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:

13 Jan 2026

(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 2/7 p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

8,104,909

1.17%

19,346,853

2.80%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

19,345,132

2.80%

8,058,336

1.16%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

27,450,041

3.97%

27,405,189

3.96%

(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)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

519,818

0.2498 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

411,194

0.2525 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

293,972

0.2610 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

221,155

0.2570 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

170,500

0.2554 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

139,273

0.2583 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

107,334

0.2514 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

101,624

0.2561 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

72,975

0.2584 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

68,716

0.2528 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

64,787

0.2509 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

46,911

0.2541 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

41,970

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

41,618

0.2497 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

26,095

0.2461 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

25,667

0.2456 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

20,000

0.2581 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

7,571

0.2567 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,003

0.2442 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

5,864

0.2505 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,000

0.2516 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,446

0.2577 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

157,352

0.2551 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

152,862

0.2527 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

131,071

0.2513 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

109,300

0.2553 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

91,598

0.2579 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

76,596

0.2558 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

62,976

0.2554 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

44,143

0.2603 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

38,197

0.2563 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

21,970

0.2452 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

21,642

0.2610 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

14,915

0.2568 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

14,745

0.2550 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

12,500

0.2577 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

12,019

0.2437 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,000

0.2570 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,830

0.2541 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

7,500

0.2588 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

4,125

0.2512 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,422

0.2633 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

393

0.2516 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,019

0.2437 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

152,862

0.2527 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

157,352

0.2551 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,845

0.2610 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,422

0.2633 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,509

0.2450 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

503,374

0.2498 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,444

0.2503 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,787

0.2509 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

411,194

0.2525 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

221,155

0.2570 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,446

0.2577 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

139,273

0.2583 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

288,319

0.2610 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

393

0.2516 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

54,476

0.2554 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

76,596

0.2558 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

91,598

0.2579 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

25,000

0.2609 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

41,970

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,837

0.2456 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

11

0.2472 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

77,071

0.2495 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

46,911

0.2541 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

101,624

0.2561 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

56,975

0.2584 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)

Exercise

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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

14 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213