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
16 JUNE 2015
6.
Date on which issuer notified
18 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 - 45,000,838– 11.94%
(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 – 45,231,838
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
18 JUNE
2015