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 Mar 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:

4,876,914

0.70%

29,812,978

4.31%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

29,522,881

4.27%

3,459,110

0.50%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

34,399,795

4.97%

33,272,088

4.81%

(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 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

301,158

0.3878 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

165,456

0.3885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

99,701

0.3909 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

88,401

0.3868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

82,379

0.3894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

76,923

0.3880 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

63,257

0.3914 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

45,650

0.3869 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

31,176

0.3908 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

11,233

0.3888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,543

0.3917 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

8,565

0.3889 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,781

0.3960 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,383

0.3899 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,850

0.3897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,605

0.3918 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,867

0.3896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,553

0.3891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,278

0.3913 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,213

0.3877 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

137

0.3902 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

244,246

0.3916 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

112,535

0.3922 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

99,998

0.3885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

82,386

0.3926 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

63,051

0.3867 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

53,034

0.3872 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

29,186

0.3897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

15,754

0.3889 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

15,037

0.3886 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

11,845

0.3908 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,000

0.3840 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,287

0.3871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

7,660

0.3913 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

6,796

0.3879 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,564

0.3868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,049

0.3891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

469

0.3928 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

22,023

0.3908 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,326

0.3760 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,689

0.3867 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

112,535

0.3922 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

82,386

0.3926 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,581

0.3868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,233

0.3887 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

151,308

0.3893 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,888

0.3895 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,867

0.3896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,383

0.3899 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

137

0.3902 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

99,701

0.3909 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,942

0.3910 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,257

0.3914 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

59,948

0.3873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

57,418

0.3920 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,024

0.3958 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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

14 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213