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

JOHN WOOD GROUP 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:

09 May 2024

(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 2/7p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

13,127,825

1.90%

9,959,036

1.44%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

9,878,836

1.43%

12,231,487

1.77%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,334

0.17%

TOTAL:

23,006,661

3.33%

23,360,857

3.38%

(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 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,025,796

1.9393 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

588,969

1.9351 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

447,353

1.9365 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

268,783

1.9355 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

249,272

1.9360 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

226,977

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

178,771

1.9293 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

141,986

1.9341 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

108,484

1.9289 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

79,865

1.9325 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

71,761

1.9292 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

33,117

1.9275 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

27,857

1.9330 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

22,209

1.9380 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

12,406

1.9277 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,997

1.9276 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,994

1.9347 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,037

1.9326 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,680

1.9350 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,302

1.9303 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,742

1.9379 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,282

1.9183 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,607

1.9284 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,318

1.9382 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,510

1.9269 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,308

1.9306 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,265

1.9140 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,488

1.9300 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,236

1.9260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,082

1.9310 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,635

1.9298 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,175

1.9162 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,007

1.9335 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,966

1.9399 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,111

1.9255 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,961

1.9343 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,746

1.9322 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,704

1.9370 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,355

1.9423 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,163

1.9302 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,063

1.9338 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,833

1.9180 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,792

1.9340 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,646

1.9309 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,580

1.9220 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,551

1.9000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,513

1.9280 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,335

1.9440 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,218

1.9315 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,139

1.9439 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,022

1.9100 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,016

1.9420 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

891

1.9357 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

736

1.9120 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

461

1.9247 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

239

1.9419 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

48

1.9337 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,073,358

1.9385 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

875,650

1.9391 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

569,469

1.9358 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

171,479

1.9310 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

168,226

1.9202 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

159,559

1.9375 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

140,000

1.9137 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

125,786

1.9360 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

101,966

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

87,851

1.9286 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

85,358

1.9320 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

66,239

1.9281 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

62,263

1.9387 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

59,708

1.9345 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

55,393

1.9258 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

37,927

1.9242 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

26,012

1.9283 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

24,177

1.9269 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

23,543

1.9288 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

21,467

1.9304 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

15,680

1.9306 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

13,911

1.9253 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

12,571

1.9231 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

11,010

1.9249 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,081

1.9093 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

6,265

1.9140 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,488

1.9300 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,236

1.9260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,175

1.9265 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,783

1.9203 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4,356

1.9307 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,966

1.9401 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,601

1.9390 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,152

1.8905 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,007

1.9232 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,735

1.9366 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,700

1.9303 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,330

1.9075 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,259

1.9237 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,092

1.9430 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,858

1.9398 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,833

1.9180 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,771

1.9340 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,551

1.9000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,482

1.9330 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,450

1.9220 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,398

1.9370 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,383

1.9175 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,378

1.9165 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,303

1.9190 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,292

1.9350 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,236

1.9440 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,218

1.9315 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,065

1.9210 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,060

1.9209 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,022

1.9100 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,016

1.9420 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

899

1.9114 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

736

1.9120 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

574

1.9270 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

34

1.9361 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

32

1.9280 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

77

1.9388 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

5,933

1.9010 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

55,783

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

60,147

1.9341 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12

1.9357 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

46

1.9257 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

48

1.9336 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

80

1.9281 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

130

1.9220 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

180

1.9278 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

222

1.9422 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

326

1.9424 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

339

1.9344 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

461

1.9246 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

692

1.9342 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

891

1.9357 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,401

1.9280 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,807

1.9423 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,918

1.9343 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,570

1.9251 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,319

1.9360 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,282

1.9183 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,226

1.9277 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,209

1.9380 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

56,182

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

65,949

1.9319 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

268,783

1.9355 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

588,969

1.9351 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

469

1.8989 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,694

1.9247 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,161

1.9306 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,571

1.9231 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,937

1.9275 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,467

1.9304 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

41,182

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60,219

1.9252 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

62,263

1.9387 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84,909

1.9144 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

591

1.9382 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,065

1.9246 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37,927

1.9242 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

45,312

1.9273 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

87,851

1.9286 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

96,976

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

459

1.9240 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

537

1.9309 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,173

1.9374 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,582

1.9327 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,053

1.9286 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,062

1.9338 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,163

1.9302 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,393

1.9284 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

108,484

1.9289 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

109,662

1.9400 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

30,745

1.9295 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

66,239

1.9281 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,138

1.9352 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?

YES

Date of disclosure:

10 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO

PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings

Barclays PLC.

are being disclosed:

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

relevant securities this from relates:

2.

OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

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

4 2/7p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-1,170,334

1.7390

European

TBD

3.

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: