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
29 MAY 2015
6. Date on which issuer
notified
2 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 -
44,989,489 – 11.93%
(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 –
45,220,489
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
2 JUNE
2015