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:

05 Mar 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:

12,288,802

1.78%

16,316,764

2.36%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

16,270,239

2.35%

12,242,755

1.77%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

28,559,041

4.13%

28,559,519

4.13%

(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

419,056

0.2886 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

223,542

0.2890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

219,449

0.2895 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

160,636

0.2894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

130,213

0.2900 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

128,393

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

83,010

0.2897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

78,687

0.2885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

67,302

0.2891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

30,591

0.2899 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,351

0.2876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

17,099

0.2887 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

15,297

0.2896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,000

0.2910 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

8,458

0.2880 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

7,562

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,807

0.2888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

690

0.2898 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

244

0.2882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

879,542

0.2885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

320,172

0.2879 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

280,345

0.2890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

264,859

0.2891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

240,000

0.2881 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

187,888

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

120,419

0.2902 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

112,312

0.2894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

91,417

0.2896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

75,539

0.2898 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

62,092

0.2892 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

58,970

0.2893 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

34,844

0.2897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

27,448

0.2883 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

24,094

0.2887 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,905

0.2900 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,628

0.2888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,458

0.2880 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

244

0.2882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

71

0.2886 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

347,815

0.2879 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

187,850

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

149,658

0.2890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

260,179

0.2891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44,303

0.2897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,048

0.2898 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,997

0.2900 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

597

0.2870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

128,355

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,859

0.2888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

449,942

0.2890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

131,294

0.2894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

44,476

0.2897 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

27,448

0.2883 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

914,235

0.2885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,298

0.2888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

24,274

0.2890 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

91,417

0.2896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

74,849

0.2898 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,562

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

17,099

0.2886 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

67,302

0.2891 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

126,025

0.2900 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:

06 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213