6th Apr 2006 15:53
6 April 2006 John Wood Group PLC ("Company") The Company was informed that on 5 April 2006, the Trustees of the John WoodGroup PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST") transferred 548,286 ordinary shares inthe capital of the Company at nil consideration, being 0.106% of the sharecapital of the Company to the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC US EmployeeShare Trust ("US EST").Such shares were transferred to the US EST in order to satisfy obligationsarising from Restricted Shares awarded to the Company's US employees under TheJohn Wood Group PLC Long Term Incentive Scheme ("LTIS").Following this transfer: * the EST holds a total of 19,074,304 ordinary shares representing 3.70% of the share capital of the Company; and * the US EST holds a total of 1,615,749 ordinary shares representing 0.3135% of the share capital of the Company. The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the EST and US EST hold suchshares consists of employees of the Company, including the following executivedirectors of the Company: Allister G Langlands, Wendell R Brooks, Alan GSemple, Trevor M Noble, Leslie J Thomas and Mark H Papworth. Each of suchdirectors is accordingly deemed to be beneficially interested in the shares. Separate notifications have been made with regard to LTIS awards made to theindividual directors noted above. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY. ENDWOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLCRelated Shares:
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