Holding(s) in Company

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")
  

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Name of Issuer

JOHN WOOD GROUP PLC

2. Reason for Notification

ACQUISITION OF VOTING RIGHTS

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. AND ITS GROUP

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above)

SEE SECTION 13 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached

12 FEBRUARY 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified

13 FEBRUARY 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached

ABOVE 5%

8. Notified details

(A) Voting rights attached to shares

Number of voting rights - Direct - 355,793- 0.095%

Number of voting rights - Indirect - 18,587,591- 4.96%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

(C) Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument - N/A

Exercise Price - N/A

Expiration date - N/A

Exercise/conversion period - N/A

Number of voting rights instrument refers to - N/A

Percentage of voting rights - Nominal - N/A Delta - N/A

Total A + B + C

Number of voting rights - 18,943,384

Percentage of voting rights - 5.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies
controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia
Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting
rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd

PROXY VOTING

10. Name of the proxy holder

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights

N/A

13. Additional Information

Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA08                         26,813
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 39364                        791,694
                                                                             
Ameriprise Financial Inc             A/c                              202,900
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK)    A/c 5000212310                    98,733
Ltd                                                                          
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 75102                        458,681
                                                                             
Vidacos Nominees Ltd                 A/c 6012918307                   265,213
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)     A/c 847452                        83,471
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)     A/c 740190                       226,388
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)     A/c 739874                     1,091,612
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)     A/c 740311                       106,704
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees )    A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799         229,214
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK)     A/c 811056                        87,721
Limited                                                                      
                                                                             
Chase Nominees Ltd                   A/c 44729                         28,420
                                                                             
Nortrust Nominees LTD                A/c BBH05                        278,665
                                                                             
William & Glyns (Isle of Man)        A/c 301780                        95,100
Nominees Ltd                                                                 
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA03                      6,667,779
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 07198                        299,127
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 27642                         56,666
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA09                         14,507
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 10479                          7,746
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA12                        290,938
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA14                         86,001
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 07207                        439,011
                                                                             
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd             A/c WWSF0004002                  515,286
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 10491                      3,033,690
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 10488                      1,645,021
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 10489                        555,503
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c 30337                        169,524
                                                                             
Littledown Nominees Ltd              A/c ZLA15                      1,091,256

14. Contact name

MARK POWNEY, THREADNEEDLE GROUP

15. Contact telephone number

01793 363135

Notification authorised by:

 

ROBBIE M. B. BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY

14 FEBRUARY 2014