13th Jul 2007 15:44
John Wood Group PLC ("Company")
The Company has been informed that on 2 July 2007, the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST"):
* transferred 6,852 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a consideration of 3.333 pence per share, being 0.0013% of the share capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term Retention Plan; * sold 72,082 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at ‚£3.410244 per share, being 0.0137% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term Retention Plan
and on 6 July 2007:
* sold 5,193 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at ‚£ 3.3225 per share, being 0.0009% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term Retention Plan
Following this transaction, the EST holds a total of 16,119,353 ordinary shares representing 3.079% 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, 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)