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:

28 Mar 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:

5,065,128

0.73%

21,608,891

3.12%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

21,772,641

3.15%

3,682,873

0.53%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

26,837,769

3.88%

25,291,764

3.66%

(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 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

400,546

0.3999 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

340,594

0.4024 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

207,823

0.4015 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

189,710

0.4025 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

141,742

0.3980 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

140,776

0.3996 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

139,995

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

98,532

0.4140 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

77,031

0.3992 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

32,374

0.3988 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

18,349

0.4014 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

12,711

0.4126 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

12,500

0.3986 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,360

0.4072 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,793

0.4133 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,401

0.4002 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,238

0.3882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,444

0.3971 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,812

0.4146 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,484

0.3910 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,893

0.4009 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,742

0.3959 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

836

0.4003 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

795

0.4060 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

291

0.3925 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

170

0.3978 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

163

0.3942 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

103

0.3955 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

519,974

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

394,734

0.4018 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

221,602

0.4007 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

127,871

0.4009 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

76,998

0.4031 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

51,702

0.4000 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

44,682

0.4005 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

32,866

0.3962 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

29,007

0.4022 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

27,312

0.3995 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

25,706

0.3996 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

25,115

0.4028 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

25,037

0.4109 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

16,495

0.4026 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

13,400

0.3939 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

10,000

0.4071 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

3,640

0.4010 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

29,598

0.3938 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

31,956

0.3946 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,530

0.3969 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,282

0.3993 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

308,978

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

216,388

0.3995 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,176

0.3998 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

127,871

0.4009 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,640

0.4010 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

598

0.3900 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,886

0.3913 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

163

0.3942 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,392

0.3946 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

79

0.3950 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,033

0.3967 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24

0.3971 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

126,573

0.3988 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

184,639

0.3991 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,603

0.3994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

411

0.3995 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

400,546

0.3999 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

836

0.4003 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,893

0.4009 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

350

0.4010 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,256

0.4011 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

175,440

0.4025 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15

0.4044 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

98,532

0.4140 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,349

0.3847 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

80,999

0.3862 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

155,912

0.3993 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

50,000

0.3860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,294

0.3988 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

134,649

0.3994 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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

31 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213