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 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:

12,405,943

1.79%

16,804,288

2.43%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

16,757,763

2.42%

11,842,730

1.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

29,163,706

4.22%

28,647,018

4.14%

(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

409,711

0.2584 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

337,549

0.2579 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

224,995

0.2562 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

218,988

0.2578 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

200,000

0.2580 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

50,023

0.2550 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

45,863

0.2567 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

40,084

0.2585 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

24,996

0.2568 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

20,846

0.2566 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,376

0.2587 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

8,332

0.2564 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

7,822

0.2588 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

5,738

0.2590 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,704

0.2558 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,461

0.2589 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

182

0.2597 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

23

0.2620 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

280,834

0.2567 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

151,625

0.2586 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

133,807

0.2577 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

114,705

0.2589 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

82,309

0.2584 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

70,639

0.2576 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

48,738

0.2590 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

39,672

0.2587 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

29,505

0.2601 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

24,996

0.2564 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

4,166

0.2560 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,237

0.2599 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,216

0.2580 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

81

0.2596 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

4,166

0.2560 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41,660

0.2561 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,996

0.2564 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

239,174

0.2568 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

55,363

0.2576 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52,105

0.2589 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,681

0.2590 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,468

0.2591 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,704

0.2558 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,793

0.2569 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

141,812

0.2578 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

337,549

0.2579 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,365

0.2581 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

37,286

0.2584 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,679

0.2590 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,237

0.2599 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,252

0.2585 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,797

0.2588 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,492

0.2590 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2

0.2600 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 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213