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

28 AUGUST 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified

01 SEPTEMBER 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 - 313,139 - 0.083%

Number of voting rights - Indirect - 18,805,943- 5.01%

(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 - 19,119,082

Percentage of voting rights - 5.097%

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

Registered Owner

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14. Contact name

MARK POWNEY, THREADNEEDLE GROUP

15. Contact telephone number

01793 363135

Notification authorised by:

 

ROBBIE M. B. BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY

1 SEPTEMBER 2014


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