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:

12 Nov 2025

(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:

6,156,361

0.89%

16,241,769

2.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

16,033,464

2.32%

5,833,569

0.84%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

22,189,825

3.21%

22,075,338

3.19%

(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

535,297

0.2258 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

362,749

0.2273 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

278,189

0.2149 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

254,757

0.2250 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

245,404

0.2144 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

228,055

0.2238 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

213,675

0.2285 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

197,663

0.2236 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

189,181

0.2234 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

187,556

0.2242 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

144,118

0.2291 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

105,557

0.2200 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

71,683

0.2202 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

67,207

0.2188 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

46,000

0.2309 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

40,130

0.2294 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

32,345

0.2235 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

27,036

0.2260 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

18,433

0.2290 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,968

0.2286 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,981

0.2174 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,448

0.2277 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

665,871

0.2144 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

598,469

0.2188 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

573,553

0.2265 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

300,321

0.2248 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

261,025

0.2277 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

177,314

0.2270 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

146,991

0.2259 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

123,744

0.2236 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

98,933

0.2298 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

92,633

0.2290 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

87,687

0.2156 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

25,000

0.2312 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

24,130

0.2200 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

23,935

0.2238 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

18,518

0.2209 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

16,136

0.2286 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

14,832

0.2244 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

5,963

0.2282 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,664

0.2281 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,655

0.2294 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

504

0.2213 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

4,078

0.2208 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

504

0.2213 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

177,314

0.2270 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

261,025

0.2277 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,664

0.2281 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,963

0.2282 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,655

0.2294 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,136

0.2213 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

218,377

0.2238 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

187,556

0.2242 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,219

0.2260 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,448

0.2277 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

413,681

0.2144 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

146,991

0.2259 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

245,404

0.2145 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

34,503

0.2181 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

99,467

0.2200 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

71,683

0.2203 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

144,118

0.2291 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:

13 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213