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

JOHN WOOD GROUP 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:

08 May 2024

(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:

4p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

13,187,445

1.91%

10,604,691

1.53%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

10,538,741

1.52%

12,298,653

1.78%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,343

0.17%

TOTAL:

23,726,186

3.43%

24,073,687

3.48%

(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

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,300,000

1.8744 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

528,454

1.9092 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

384,114

1.9678 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

284,804

1.9305 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

185,435

1.8437 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

143,170

1.8511 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

139,517

1.9273 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

116,368

1.9467 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

112,634

1.8592 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

104,245

1.9191 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

98,421

1.9911 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

68,223

1.8202 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

64,886

1.8253 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

63,576

1.8934 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

52,728

1.8575 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

51,017

1.8731 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

42,367

1.8775 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

39,553

1.8814 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

37,710

1.9658 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

36,867

1.9122 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

35,069

1.8977 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

32,926

1.7312 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

31,466

1.9290 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

28,860

1.9270 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

28,595

1.8697 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

25,922

1.9591 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

25,734

1.9183 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

25,029

1.6662 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

24,217

1.8871 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

23,607

1.9069 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

19,140

1.8262 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

18,665

1.9253 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

17,894

1.8806 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

16,408

1.8750 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

16,073

1.8800 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

14,121

1.8733 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

11,164

1.8106 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

11,001

1.8886 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

10,287

1.9373 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

9,607

1.9538 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

8,243

1.8373 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

7,860

1.7225 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

7,095

1.6481 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

6,822

1.8039 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

6,802

1.9904 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

6,100

1.6379 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

6,046

1.7057 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

1.8640 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

5,940

1.8546 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

5,425

1.8500 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

5,360

1.8836 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

5,332

1.8810 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

5,000

1.9050 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

4,933

1.6288 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

4,758

1.6333 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

4,256

1.9460 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

3,884

1.9079 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

3,338

1.9200 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

3,248

1.9284 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

3,087

1.9238 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,902

1.8650 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,868

1.6390 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,646

1.6268 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,465

1.9073 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,327

1.8326 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,322

2.0000 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,322

1.9480 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,093

1.9335 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,039

1.8784 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8610 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,990

1.9320 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,956

1.9110 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,583

1.6420 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,387

1.9567 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,358

1.6340 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,295

1.8600 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,263

1.6316 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,232

1.6610 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,218

1.9086 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,209

1.9000 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,208

1.6270 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

1,107

1.9922 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

677

1.9910 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

564

1.8916 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

485

1.9580 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

464

1.9470 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

98

1.9020 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

91

1.9120 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

89

1.6470 GBP

4p ordinary

Purchase

8

1.8825 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,131,120

1.8823 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

864,412

1.9261 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

632,914

1.8735 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

278,811

1.8968 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

237,105

1.8919 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

200,000

1.8590 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

130,570

1.8669 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

82,221

1.8820 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

77,881

1.8701 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

77,558

1.8689 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

74,568

1.8723 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

64,267

1.9271 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

44,479

1.9108 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

37,700

1.9164 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

34,956

1.8842 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

32,297

1.8616 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

31,498

1.9290 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

24,810

1.8883 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

23,499

1.8611 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

23,364

2.0078 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

22,345

1.8779 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

18,304

1.9995 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

16,073

1.8800 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

15,710

1.7734 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

15,638

1.9268 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

15,301

1.8846 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

7,121

1.8721 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

6,592

1.6808 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

5,670

1.8606 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

5,425

1.8500 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

5,332

1.8810 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.9050 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

4,675

1.8666 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

4,533

1.9340 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

3,344

1.8951 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

3,035

1.9192 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

2,868

1.6390 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

2,716

1.6340 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

2,322

1.9480 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

2,032

2.0002 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,956

1.9110 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,691

1.6420 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,573

1.8943 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,544

1.9023 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

1,348

1.8640 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

677

1.9910 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

676

1.8859 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

591

1.7048 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

485

1.9580 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

98

1.9020 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

90

1.8843 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

69

1.6324 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

8

1.8826 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

5

1.6380 GBP

4p ordinary

Sale

3

1.8681 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

5

1.6378 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

69

1.6324 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

108

1.6419 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

271

1.8513 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

591

1.7048 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

676

1.8859 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,544

1.9023 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,573

1.8943 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,000

1.8610 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,993

1.8632 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

4,533

1.9340 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

6,529

1.8723 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

8,212

1.9100 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

18,665

1.9253 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

26,871

1.9967 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

27,349

1.9839 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

35,069

1.8977 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

36,652

1.7982 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

50,947

1.8949 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

54,622

1.8836 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

64,267

1.9670 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

80,317

1.8985 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

237,105

1.8919 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

278,811

1.8968 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

284,804

1.9305 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

363,724

1.9289 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

385,224

1.9290 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

110

1.9290 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

241

1.6545 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

426

1.9008 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

749

1.8657 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,232

1.6610 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,263

1.6316 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,306

2.0000 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,387

1.9567 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,457

1.8692 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,492

1.6600 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,700

1.8648 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,039

1.8784 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,310

1.8490 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,344

1.8951 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,933

1.6288 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

5,362

1.6446 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

6,802

1.9904 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

9,262

1.8655 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

10,000

1.8753 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,122

1.8767 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

14,119

1.9222 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

15,000

1.9077 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

17,325

1.8890 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

17,892

1.9553 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

23,364

2.0078 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

31,356

1.9289 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

31,498

1.9289 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

63,576

1.8934 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

64,267

1.9271 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

77,881

1.8701 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

98,421

1.9911 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

143,170

1.8511 GBP

4p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

185,435

1.8437 GBP

4p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

384,114

1.9678 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?

YES

Date of disclosure:

09 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO

PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings

Barclays PLC.

are being disclosed:

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

relevant securities this from relates:

2.

OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

4p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-1,170,343

1.7390

European

TBD

3.

AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: