Wood Group (J) Regulatory News (WG.)

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:

15 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:

4 2/7p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

13,578,009

1.96%

6,748,257

0.98%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

6,547,130

0.95%

12,551,678

1.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

1,170,333

0.17%

TOTAL:

20,125,139

2.91%

20,470,268

2.96%

(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 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

922,405

1.8623 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

457,624

1.8845 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

109,072

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

86,172

1.9396 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

67,442

1.9226 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

52,106

2.0721 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

46,645

1.9198 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

39,063

1.9202 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

38,844

2.0024 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,826

1.9527 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,780

2.0000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

20,161

1.9539 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

19,133

1.9988 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

11,423

1.9176 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,527

2.0055 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

10,381

2.0069 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

9,072

1.8722 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,800

1.9712 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

8,117

1.8654 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

7,664

2.0178 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,694

1.9481 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,595

1.9976 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

2.0018 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,878

1.9702 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,622

2.0181 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

5,016

1.9950 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,977

1.9992 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,743

2.0391 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4,437

1.9946 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,981

2.0030 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,750

1.9645 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,566

2.0636 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,230

2.0120 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3,089

1.9458 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,980

2.0100 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,972

1.9494 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,966

2.0012 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2,093

2.0300 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,441

2.0019 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,395

1.9899 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,178

1.8729 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

1,028

1.9895 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

939

2.1000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

731

1.9233 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

668

1.9910 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

644

1.8795 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

623

2.1050 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

522

1.8554 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

441

2.0137 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

435

1.9830 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

373

2.0014 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

283

1.8855 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

244

1.9980 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

155

2.0135 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

45

1.9855 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

33

2.0247 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

29

2.0260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

4

2.0160 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

3

2.0080 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Purchase

2

1.8820 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

128,661

2.0348 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

111,475

1.9467 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

86,199

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

83,900

1.8624 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

83,254

1.8623 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

67,021

1.9855 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

58,374

1.9508 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

57,011

2.0025 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

39,889

1.9317 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

34,205

1.9725 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

9,261

1.9680 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

8,469

2.0079 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

7,096

1.9977 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

5,016

1.9950 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3,517

1.9751 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,980

2.0100 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.9170 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,482

1.9137 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,285

1.8866 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2,093

2.0300 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,915

1.9258 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,810

2.0000 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,442

1.9691 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

1,200

1.9922 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

644

1.8795 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

600

1.8865 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

600

2.0040 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

435

1.9830 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

373

2.0016 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

283

1.8856 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

29

2.0260 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

4

2.0160 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3

2.0080 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

2

1.8820 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

Sale

3

1.8554 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

6,979

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

244

1.9980 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,395

1.9899 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,541

1.8649 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,531

1.8736 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,117

1.8654 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,274

1.9246 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,574

1.9319 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,919

1.9564 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,826

1.9527 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39,063

1.9202 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

67,442

1.9226 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

835,893

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

291

2.0039 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,493

1.9817 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

59,236

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

84,500

1.8624 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

735

2.0139 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,908

1.9326 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,915

1.9258 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,030

2.0170 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,285

1.8866 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,817

1.9069 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,205

1.9725 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52,842

1.9465 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,246

2.0018 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

582

2.0039 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

700

1.9481 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,417

1.9711 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,579

1.9752 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,388

1.8560 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

457,624

1.8845 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11,056

1.9528 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

34,396

1.9237 GBP

4 2/7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

39,766

1.9745 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:

16 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

4 2/7p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-1,170,333

1.7390

European

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: