Holding(s) in Company

Wood Group (John) PLC
10 September 2002


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares


On 4 September 2002 the Company received the following notification under
Sections 198 to 202 - UK Companies Act.


1. Company in which shares are held: John Wood Group PLC

2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares

(A)

FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109

Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts (See
Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

(B)

Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
PO Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investments Services Ltd. (FISL), and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM)
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their
holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109

A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes
of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert
in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.



Schedule A

Security: John Wood Group PLC


                          SHARES HELD           MANAGEMENT COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                          30,000                FMTC                  State Street Nominees Ltd.
                          7,000                 FMTC                  Brown Brothers Harriman
                          6,035,920             FISL                  Chase Manhattan Bank London
                          2,123,300             FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                          929,700               FPM                   Bankers Trust
                          922,100               FPM                   Bank of New York London
                          84,800                FPM                   HSBC
                          151,900               FPM                   Northern Trust
                          306,000               FPM                   Chase Nominees Ltd
                          461,800               FPM                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                          47,400                FPM                   Deutsche Bank
                          86,600                FPM                   Citibank
                          538,700               FIL                   HSBC
                          2,083,300             FIL                   Northern Trust
                          318,200               FIL                   Bank of New York London
                          112,600               FIL                   Deutsche Bank
                          39,500                FIL                   Deutsche Bank AG, London
                          67,200                FIL                   Citibank
                          73,200                FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares     14,419,220

Current ownership         3.01%
percentage

Shares in issue           479,698,340

Change in holding since last filing:   first filing



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