Holding(s) in Company
05 Apr 2013
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
3 APRIL 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified
4 APRIL 2013
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 - 333,872 - 0.09%
Number of voting rights - Indirect - 18,400,514 - 4.93%
(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 - 18,734,386
Percentage of voting rights - 5.02%
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
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA08 24,570
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 39364 625,061
Royal Trust Corp of Canada A/c 719306 124,826
HSBC Global Custody Nominees A/c 5000212310 98,733
(UK) Ltd
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees A/c PTG 468 78,116
) Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominees A/c 2456820 52,198
(UK) Ltd
Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 75102 108,563
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 76588 41,901
Harewood Nominees Ltd A/c 1040411926G 1,561,186
Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/c 6012918307 265,213
HSBC Global Custody Nominee A/c 847452 368,200
(UK) Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominee A/c 740190 185,817
(UK) Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominee A/c 739874 721,278
(UK) Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominee A/c 740311 90,354
(UK) Limited
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees A/c PTG 15303 / 71,106
) Limited 09997799
HSBC Global Custody Nominee A/c 811056 45,326
(UK) Limited
Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 44729 28,420
Nortrust Nominees LTD A/c BBH05 181,397
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 81587 106,538
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) A/c 301780 75,855
Nominees Ltd
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA03 6,604,282
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees A/c 52266 42,053
) Limited
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees A/c 52286 17,962
) Limited
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07198 289,566
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 44,306
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA09 14,557
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 7,387
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 320,233
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 83,502
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 487,203
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 35,303
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 358,179
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18668 263,800
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 2,162,581
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 1,599,706
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 420,254
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 50,225
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA15 1,078,629
14. Contact name
STACEY DRYBURGH, THREADNEEDLE GROUP
15. Contact telephone number
01793 363751
Notification authorised by:
ROBBIE M B BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY
5 APRIL 2013
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