| 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: | 30 Apr 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: | | | 5,450,624 | 0.79% | 21,636,854 | 3.13% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | | | | | ||
| | and/or controlled: | | | 21,673,734 | 3.13% | 4,338,075 | 0.63% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | | | | | ||
| | and agreements to purchase/sell: | | | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | | | | | | | |
| | TOTAL: | | | 27,124,358 | 3.92% | 25,974,929 | 3.75% |
| (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 | 1,627,605 | 0.1958 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 849,952 | 0.1844 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 687,452 | 0.1936 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 673,064 | 0.1937 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 331,028 | 0.1950 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 291,436 | 0.1867 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 100,869 | 0.1869 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 81,767 | 0.1946 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 66,240 | 0.1875 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 43,512 | 0.1840 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 36,250 | 0.2058 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 30,062 | 0.1986 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 28,048 | 0.1889 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 26,419 | 0.1865 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 25,671 | 0.1828 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 24,709 | 0.1816 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 18,248 | 0.1868 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 13,196 | 0.1942 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 6,881 | 0.1880 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 5,620 | 0.1930 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,801 | 0.1850 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 3,038 | 0.1862 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,990 | 0.1895 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,803 | 0.2035 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,793 | 0.1832 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 2,053 | 0.1891 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,785 | 0.2049 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 1,423 | 0.1801 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Purchase | 145 | 0.1825 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,744,589 | 0.1929 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 514,042 | 0.1920 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 422,633 | 0.1919 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 397,926 | 0.1921 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 286,771 | 0.1869 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 167,939 | 0.1885 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 146,571 | 0.1922 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 132,471 | 0.1849 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 125,393 | 0.1843 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 76,095 | 0.1892 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 68,167 | 0.1908 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 62,669 | 0.1889 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 43,125 | 0.1898 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 30,841 | 0.1884 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 30,096 | 0.1986 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 18,401 | 0.1821 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 10,892 | 0.1841 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 9,224 | 0.2021 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 3,271 | 0.1844 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 2,056 | 0.2052 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 1,980 | 0.1938 GBP | ||||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | Sale | 145 | 0.1825 GBP | ||||
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| (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 | 125,393 | 0.1843 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 170,616 | 0.1844 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 211,197 | 0.1845 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,261 | 0.1895 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 43,970 | 0.1900 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 422,633 | 0.1919 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 397,926 | 0.1921 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 75,574 | 0.1935 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,765 | 0.1973 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,851 | 0.1979 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 851,272 | 0.1844 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,801 | 0.1850 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,881 | 0.1880 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 687,452 | 0.1936 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 673,064 | 0.1937 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,074 | 0.1941 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 315,399 | 0.1950 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 25,230 | 0.1825 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 10,892 | 0.1841 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 547,525 | 0.1844 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 338,090 | 0.1960 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 19,927 | 0.1844 GBP | |||
| 4 2/7 p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 510,368 | 0.1901 GBP | |||
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| (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 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
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| (ii) | Exercising | | | | | | |
| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
| security | | | securities | unit | |||
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | | |||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
| security | | | applicable) | ||||
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| 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 May 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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