3rd Jan 2008 13:57
John Wood Group PLC ("Company")
The Company has been informed that on 31 December 2007, the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST"):
* sold 30,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at ‚£4.320976 per share, being 0.0057% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme.
Following these transactions, the EST holds a total of 14,955,030 ordinary shares representing 2.852% 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 transactions noted above do 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)