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Wood Group (John) PLC14 July 2005 RNS ANNOUNCEMENT - 14 July 2005 John Wood Group PLC ("Company") The Company was informed that on 12 July 2005, the Trustees of the John WoodGroup PLC Employee Share Trust (the "EST"): • sold 2,746 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a £1.8975per share, being 0.0005% of the share capital of the Company; and • transferred 27,254 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at aconsideration, of 17 1/3 pence per share being 0.0055% of the share capitalof the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercisingshare options under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved Executive Share OptionScheme and the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme(together "Schemes"). And further The Company was informed that on 13 July 2005, the Trustees of the John WoodGroup PLC Employee Share Trust (the "EST"): • sold 4,400 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a £1.915per share, being 0.0008% of the share capital of the Company; and • transferred 85,600 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at aconsideration, of 17 1/3 pence per share being 0.0174% of the share capitalof the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercisingshare options under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved Executive Share OptionScheme and the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme(together "Schemes"). Following these transactions, the EST holds a total of 19,543,705 ordinaryshares representing 3.9918% 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, Wendell R Brooks, Alan G Semple,Trevor M Noble and Leslie J Thomas. Each of such directors is accordinglydeemed to be beneficially interested in all of such shares held by the EST. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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