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:

31 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:

4,989,498

0.72%

22,180,574

3.21%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

22,317,943

3.23%

3,607,243

0.52%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

27,307,441

3.95%

25,787,817

3.73%

(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

711,534

0.2907 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

617,699

0.2893 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

570,858

0.2823 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

566,004

0.2929 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

352,575

0.2864 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

159,770

0.2914 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

113,168

0.2931 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

112,463

0.2972 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

74,122

0.2714 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

71,473

0.2933 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

60,592

0.2991 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

35,667

0.2960 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

35,231

0.2975 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

33,111

0.2995 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

27,629

0.3072 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

23,324

0.2987 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

22,400

0.2910 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

21,198

0.2896 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

20,974

0.2997 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

10,846

0.2894 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

9,953

0.2827 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,494

0.3016 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,173

0.3126 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

0.2676 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

5,021

0.2748 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,672

0.2801 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

4,273

0.2988 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

3,022

0.2994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,337

0.2833 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,163

0.2679 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

2,105

0.2809 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,663

0.2474 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,262

0.3282 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,168

0.2850 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,168

0.2924 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,071

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

742

0.2824 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

627

0.2860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

482

0.2938 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

347

0.3198 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

316

0.2734 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

184

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

115

0.2813 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

86

0.2769 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,083,968

0.2895 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

664,371

0.2834 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

600,000

0.2992 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

534,988

0.2935 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

335,355

0.2855 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

242,503

0.2907 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

170,581

0.2849 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

169,512

0.2806 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

141,263

0.2848 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

93,378

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

76,231

0.3023 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

63,102

0.3000 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

48,631

0.2761 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

44,786

0.2908 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

32,313

0.2652 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

13,687

0.2860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,746

0.2651 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,264

0.2782 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,280

0.2488 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

2,198

0.2668 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,663

0.2474 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,262

0.3282 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,168

0.2924 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,145

0.2722 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

366

0.2748 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,251

0.2789 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,643

0.2790 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,937

0.2803 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

116,896

0.2804 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

664,371

0.2834 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,083,968

0.2895 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

534,988

0.2935 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,001

0.3263 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,000

0.3265 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,889

0.2592 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,163

0.2679 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

74,122

0.2714 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,414

0.2804 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,105

0.2809 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

122,467

0.2835 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

179,370

0.2844 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

627

0.2860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

617,699

0.2893 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

711,534

0.2907 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

482

0.2938 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,340

0.2954 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,022

0.2994 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,000

0.2998 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,494

0.3016 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,629

0.3072 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,924

0.3110 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,173

0.3126 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

18,000

0.3003 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

30,789

0.2847 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,246

0.3272 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:

01 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213