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
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA08 27,088
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 39364 1,422,827
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 75102 619,292
Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/c 6012918307 448,519
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 847452 117,147
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740190 235,551
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 739874 1,233,431
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740311 115,245
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 254,911
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 811056 85,156
Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 44729 28,420
Nortrust Nominees LTD A/c BBH05 330,579
Securities Services Nominees Limited A/c 07000000700 98,733
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 83,688
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA03 5,117,805
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07198 258,404
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 54,735
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA09 14,051
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 7,658
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 269,715
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 81,487
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 471,415
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 497,082
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 4,158,429
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 1,397,154
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 635,797
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 223,843
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA15 830,920
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