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:

25 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:

5,751,899

0.83%

22,703,726

3.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

22,870,735

3.31%

4,372,293

0.63%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

28,622,634

4.14%

27,076,019

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

309,640

0.3896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

195,533

0.3874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

160,001

0.3824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

104,958

0.3924 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

62,830

0.3864 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,363

0.3914 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,151

0.3939 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,502

0.3858 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,881

0.3936 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,000

0.3942 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,289

0.3821 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,146

0.3850 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

605

0.3870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

180

0.3862 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

172,514

0.3871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

138,442

0.3824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

104,688

0.3909 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

92,678

0.3854 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

64,830

0.3867 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

53,623

0.3851 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

35,454

0.3888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

27,551

0.3877 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

22,832

0.3894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

19,363

0.3914 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

18,342

0.3865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

17,276

0.3853 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

17,088

0.3913 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

15,802

0.3841 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

12,521

0.3889 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,000

0.3996 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,267

0.3870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,713

0.3846 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,292

0.3850 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,124

0.3842 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

988

0.3912 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

366

0.3920 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

12,115

0.3865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,784

0.3823 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

138,442

0.3824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,802

0.3841 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52,438

0.3847 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

62,700

0.3849 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,046

0.3870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,016

0.3871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,454

0.3888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,289

0.3821 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

160,000

0.3824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

180

0.3862 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

195,533

0.3874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,892

0.3913 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,881

0.3936 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

647

0.3838 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,989

0.3852 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1

0.3800 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

505

0.3823 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

51,477

0.3859 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:

26 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213