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

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED

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

N/A

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

29 MAY 2015

6.       Date on which issuer notified

2 JUNE 2015

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

ABOVE 12%

8.       Notified details

(A)         Voting rights attached to shares

Number of voting rights - Direct - N/A

Number of voting rights - Indirect - 44,989,489 - 11.93%

(B)         Financial Instruments

              231,000 - 0.06%

(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 - 45,220,489

Percentage of voting rights -  12.00%

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

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED (AND/OR ACTING FOR ITS AFFILIATES) AS
DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGER ON BEHALF OF MULTIPLE MANAGED PORTFOLIOS

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

N/A

14.     Contact name

Ben Van Loon

15.     Contact telephone number

01224 404090

Notification authorised by:

LORRAINE SPROULE, DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY

2 JUNE 2015