31st Aug 2006 14:36
John Wood Group PLC ("Company")The Company was informed that on 31 August 2006, the Trustees of the John WoodGroup PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST"): * transferred 30,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a consideration of 93¢â€¦â€œ pence per share, being 0.0058% of the share capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme. Following this transaction, the EST holds a total of 19,284,304 ordinary sharesrepresenting 3.7329% of the share capital of the Company.The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the EST holds such sharesconsists of employees of the Company, including the following executivedirectors of the Company: Allister G Langlands, Trevor M Noble Leslie J Thomasand Mark H Papworth. Each of such directors is accordingly deemed to bebeneficially interested in the shares held by the EST.The transaction noted above does not involve any of the Company's directors orany persons discharging managerial responsibility. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY. ENDWOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLCRelated Shares:
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