Holdings by Employees

Wood Group (John) PLC
28 March 2003



At the time of the flotation certain shareholders entered into lock-up
arrangements in respect of 83.4 million shares and 163.6 million shares which
were due to expire on 5 April 2003 and 5 April 2004 respectively; in order to
facilitate tax planning for some of the employee shareholders including certain
directors, the Company has agreed to bring the lock-up release dates forward to
31 March 2003 and 2004 respectively.  It is anticipated that the aggregate sales
from these shareholders prior to 5 April 2003 will be approximately 1.5 million
shares, subject to market conditions.


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