7th Dec 2006 14:16
John Wood Group PLC ("Company")
The Company was informed that on 6 December 2006, the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST"):
* transferred 14,281 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a consideration of 3¢â€¦â€œ pence per share, being 0.0027% of the share capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan. * transferred 19,688 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a consideration of 158 pence per share, being 0.0038% of the share capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 Approved and Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme; and * transferred 32,369 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a consideration of 128.5 pence per share, being 0.0062% of the share capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 Approved and Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme;
Following this transaction, the EST holds a total of 15,616,228 ordinary shares representing 3.022% of the share capital of the Company.
The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the EST holds such shares consists of employees of the Company, including the following executive directors of the Company: Allister G Langlands, Trevor M Noble Leslie J Thomas and Mark H Papworth. Each of such directors is accordingly deemed to be beneficially interested in the shares held by the EST.
The transaction noted above does not involve any of the Company's directors or any persons discharging managerial responsibility.
Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.
IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY.
WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLCRelated Shares:
Wood Group (J)