REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Wood Group (John) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-John Wood Group plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc has made a public dealing disclosure under Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code concerning John Wood Group plc. The disclosure includes details of purchases, sales, and derivative transactions involving John Wood Group's securities. No indemnity or option arrangements were reported. The disclosure is part of regulatory requirements for exempt principal traders dealing in a client-serving capacity.

RNS Number : 4408K Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 05 December 2025

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	John Wood Group plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	John Wood Group plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	04 December 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
4 2/7 p ordinary	SALES	899,647	0.2517 GBP	0.2330 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	PURCHASES	3,705,910	0.2546 GBP	0.2344 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	130	0.2384 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,983	0.2388 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20,000	0.2350 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	40,000	0.2408 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,500,000	0.2479 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	22,224	0.2500 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	582,933	0.2454 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6,732	0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	279	0.2482 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	185,695	0.2447 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	58,767	0.2449 GBP
4 2/7 p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	50,000	0.2503 GBP

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	N/A
Product description e.g. call option	N/A
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	N/A
Number of securities to which option relates	N/A
Exercise price per unit	N/A
Type e.g. American, European etc.	N/A
Expiry date	N/A
Option money paid/ received per unit	N/A

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	N/A
Product description e.g. call option	N/A
Exercising/ exercised against	N/A
Number of securities	N/A
Exercise price per unit	N/A

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	N/A
Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	N/A
Details	N/A
Price per unit (if applicable)	N/A

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE

Date of disclosure:	05 December 2025
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-8893

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0) 20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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