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:

04 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:

13,443,353

1.94%

16,286,455

2.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

16,281,026

2.35%

13,438,402

1.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

29,724,379

4.30%

29,724,857

4.30%

(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

493,782

0.2870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

356,860

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

273,809

0.2871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

181,749

0.2868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

153,566

0.2864 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

110,298

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

40,446

0.2866 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

38,176

0.2867 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

37,442

0.2875 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

30,451

0.2863 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

27,844

0.2873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

20,000

0.2878 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

19,743

0.2880 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

11,663

0.2869 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

9,288

0.2876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

9,218

0.2895 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

0.2888 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

462

0.2859 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Purchase

144

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

583,513

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

271,143

0.2868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

204,948

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

195,647

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

140,374

0.2870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

114,642

0.2872 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

90,247

0.2858 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

51,406

0.2877 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

40,446

0.2866 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

37,000

0.2860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

31,998

0.2869 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

30,451

0.2863 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

23,306

0.2864 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

22,593

0.2876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

17,831

0.2878 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

9,980

0.2871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

8,033

0.2885 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

7,092

0.2882 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

1,002

0.2873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

526

0.2852 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

Sale

235

0.2862 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

90,247

0.2858 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

574,618

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,230

0.2867 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

110,484

0.2870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,002

0.2873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,566

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,831

0.2878 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

462

0.2860 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

61,258

0.2863 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

153,566

0.2864 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,176

0.2866 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

181,749

0.2868 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

376,927

0.2871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,854

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,359

0.2875 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,980

0.2871 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

46,349

0.2872 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

148,432

0.2874 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

32,241

0.2876 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,092

0.2881 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

212,981

0.2884 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

40,446

0.2865 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

116,855

0.2870 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

27,844

0.2873 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

106,313

0.2877 GBP

4 2/7 p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

110,298

0.2884 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:

05 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213