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:

16 Jan 2026

(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:

8,784,760

1.27%

19,091,991

2.76%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

19,081,194

2.76%

8,738,187

1.26%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

27,865,954

4.03%

27,830,178

4.02%

(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

465,932

0.2642 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

142,502

0.2596 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

139,712

0.2627 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

79,535

0.2633 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

48,000

0.2659 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

45,356

0.2636 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

44,076

0.2641 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

29,788

0.2640 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,600

0.2624 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,987

0.2658 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,475

0.2639 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

9,384

0.2626 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,000

0.2635 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,383

0.2600 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,239

0.2562 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

232,582

0.2636 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

85,000

0.2645 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

66,005

0.2639 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

59,623

0.2642 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

59,154

0.2613 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

57,963

0.2635 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

43,390

0.2619 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

35,000

0.2622 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

31,493

0.2643 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

31,402

0.2648 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

29,788

0.2640 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

26,652

0.2657 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

23,434

0.2623 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

13,244

0.2654 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,528

0.2658 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

5,385

0.2655 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

3,383

0.2600 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,849

0.2620 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

531

0.2638 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

8,051

0.2613 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,390

0.2619 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,434

0.2623 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

104,684

0.2636 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

531

0.2638 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59,623

0.2642 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,104

0.2643 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,385

0.2655 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

142,502

0.2596 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

101,739

0.2626 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

43,205

0.2627 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

79,535

0.2633 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,002

0.2636 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

52,152

0.2658 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

51,103

0.2613 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,849

0.2620 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

152,453

0.2635 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

127,771

0.2636 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

66,005

0.2639 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,239

0.2561 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1

0.2600 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

19,600

0.2624 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

156,453

0.2635 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,475

0.2638 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

29,972

0.2641 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

181,442

0.2642 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

44,629

0.2646 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:

19 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213