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:

06 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:

6,300,624

0.91%

19,815,435

2.86%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

19,602,864

2.83%

5,862,024

0.85%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

25,903,488

3.74%

25,677,459

3.71%

(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

5,102,487

0.2199 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,066,585

0.2315 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,575,846

0.2193 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,552,145

0.2196 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,227,015

0.2343 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,173,649

0.2217 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,066,869

0.2222 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

586,942

0.2278 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

415,950

0.2385 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

187,500

0.2146 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

184,648

0.2336 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

141,661

0.2213 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

132,423

0.2174 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

100,000

0.2490 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

99,372

0.2221 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

97,742

0.2164 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

86,443

0.2000 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

81,255

0.2211 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

46,983

0.2237 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

39,059

0.2054 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

15,084

0.2466 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

14,655

0.2240 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

8,449

0.2060 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,246

0.2089 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

765

0.2226 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

491

0.2144 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,932,848

0.2294 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,881,936

0.2234 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,862,283

0.2231 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,601,341

0.2119 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

915,752

0.2387 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

775,043

0.2188 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

771,462

0.2389 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

500,000

0.2210 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

398,108

0.2346 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

375,311

0.2364 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

255,148

0.2183 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

213,873

0.2233 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

194,856

0.2001 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

193,229

0.2166 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

192,967

0.2273 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

187,314

0.2228 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

183,628

0.2310 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

145,849

0.2328 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

142,842

0.2062 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

130,131

0.2365 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

129,867

0.2033 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

125,123

0.2250 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

121,854

0.2100 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

91,996

0.2083 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

87,103

0.2171 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

74,430

0.2000 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

68,013

0.2042 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

60,582

0.2152 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

60,256

0.2109 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

57,599

0.2204 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

55,376

0.2205 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

42,683

0.2344 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

37,436

0.2168 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

28,824

0.2035 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

26,885

0.2201 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

17,542

0.2038 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

15,580

0.2031 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

15,362

0.2076 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,974

0.2458 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,629

0.2034 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

7,959

0.2510 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

5,000

0.2308 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

429

0.2027 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

402,881

0.2102 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,636

0.2201 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,000

0.2308 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

207

0.2314 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

398,108

0.2346 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

915,752

0.2387 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,059

0.2054 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,617

0.2087 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,246

0.2089 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

194,000

0.2134 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

430,979

0.2143 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,330,062

0.2193 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,552,145

0.2196 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,655

0.2240 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,650,207

0.2402 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

126,051

0.2206 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:

07 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213