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:

20 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:

6,847,090

0.99%

18,081,766

2.61%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

17,826,339

2.58%

6,475,129

0.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

24,673,429

3.57%

24,556,895

3.55%

(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

1,251,700

0.2464 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,021,174

0.2415 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

276,246

0.2456 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

247,634

0.2350 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

160,637

0.2385 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

149,160

0.2438 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

119,424

0.2405 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

101,903

0.2392 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

101,037

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

100,000

0.2390 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

78,974

0.2425 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

65,742

0.2416 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

63,172

0.2398 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

62,022

0.2420 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

50,927

0.2395 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

44,448

0.2454 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

20,632

0.2494 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

13,200

0.2354 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

12,800

0.2397 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

8,903

0.2380 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,533

0.2487 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,807

0.2484 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

500

0.2301 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

426

0.2402 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

70

0.2444 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

59

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

58

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

58

0.2400 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.2500 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,166,362

0.2403 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

474,520

0.2393 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

450,208

0.2430 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

383,508

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

304,781

0.2433 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

303,819

0.2474 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

249,484

0.2389 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

180,552

0.2388 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

138,070

0.2405 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

117,842

0.2459 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

61,822

0.2414 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

57,819

0.2402 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

48,171

0.2380 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

46,978

0.2384 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

32,000

0.2372 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

12,800

0.2397 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

12,500

0.2377 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,435

0.2404 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

6,161

0.2473 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

5,604

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

3,031

0.2420 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,807

0.2484 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,267

0.2379 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,599

0.2381 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

70

0.2444 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

58

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

58

0.2400 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

19

0.2494 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

32,000

0.2372 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,267

0.2379 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,546

0.2380 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,599

0.2381 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,676

0.2420 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

450,208

0.2430 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

304,781

0.2433 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,534

0.2499 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,944

0.2380 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,715

0.2402 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

119,424

0.2405 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,368

0.2416 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

276,246

0.2456 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

0.2490 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,959

0.2379 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

270,794

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

234,953

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,833

0.2457 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1

0.2400 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

42,374

0.2416 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

596,683

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

138,204

0.2438 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:

21 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213