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:

02 Dec 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:

6,610,233

0.96%

17,601,342

2.54%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

17,604,910

2.54%

6,472,968

0.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

24,215,143

3.50%

24,074,310

3.48%

(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

1,214,510

0.2427 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

341,045

0.2431 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

321,514

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

305,677

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

300,507

0.2451 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

145,020

0.2422 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

105,571

0.2409 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

96,429

0.2418 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

91,994

0.2450 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

58,461

0.2430 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

0.2432 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

0.2435 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

40,031

0.2452 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

24,430

0.2411 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

23,472

0.2454 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

17,299

0.2464 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

15,059

0.2466 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

13,903

0.2442 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

12,500

0.2470 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

9,114

0.2445 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,032

0.2421 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,694

0.2462 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

536

0.2402 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

361

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,343,668

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

769,822

0.2428 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

601,507

0.2426 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

520,694

0.2448 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

504,067

0.2431 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

115,909

0.2460 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

107,129

0.2409 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

102,325

0.2436 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

82,503

0.2423 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

74,253

0.2430 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

49,478

0.2445 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

41,000

0.2434 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

36,811

0.2449 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

33,825

0.2458 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

33,655

0.2453 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

30,245

0.2429 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

28,571

0.2432 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

14,731

0.2410 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

6,388

0.2466 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

6,032

0.2421 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,871

0.2450 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,694

0.2462 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,549

0.2435 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

536

0.2402 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

11,977

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,558

0.2409 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69,902

0.2429 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

74,253

0.2430 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,549

0.2435 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

102,325

0.2436 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,868

0.2448 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,787

0.2457 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

220,468

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

96,429

0.2418 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

145,020

0.2422 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,903

0.2442 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

33,655

0.2452 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

1,342,759

0.2408 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

290,877

0.2419 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

520,694

0.2448 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

36,811

0.2449 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

33,825

0.2458 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

115,909

0.2460 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

105,571

0.2409 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

290,877

0.2419 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,844

0.2445 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

84,334

0.2450 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

300,507

0.2451 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:

03 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213