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

DISPOSAL OF VOTING RIGHTS

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

SCHRODERS PLC

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

SEE 9

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

18 MARCH 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified

19 MARCH 2015

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

BELOW 5%

8. Notified details

(A) Voting rights attached to shares

Number of voting rights - Direct - N/A

Number of voting rights - Indirect - 18,796,213 - 4.986%

(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 - 18,796,213

Percentage of voting rights - 4.986%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited 16,158,390 -  4.286%

Schroder & Co. Limited 193,556  - 0.051%

Schroders (C.I.) Limited 2,444,267 -  0.648%

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

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those
firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management
agreements.

14. Contact name

Chloe Talbot

15. Contact telephone number

020 7658 6000

Notification authorised by:

 

LORRAINE SPROULE, DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY

19 MARCH 2015