Correction : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Please be advised that the following announcement replaces the announcement
made earlier today as at 14.32pm. This announcement is to facilitate display by
third party vendors regarding the company share price, which was disclosed as a
fraction and is subsequently being disclosed as a decimal.



John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS

DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with DR 3.1.2R, the Company was informed that on 24 April 2009,
the following transactions were made by Mark H Papworth a Director of the
Company:

  * exercised 50,000 share options, being 0.0095% of the issued share capital
    of the Company, at 3.33 pence per share, such options having been granted
    on 18 April 2005 under the John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2003 Long Term
    Retention Plan;
   
  * sold 50,000 shares subsequent to the above noted exercise of share options,
    being 0.0095% of the issued share capital of the Company, at a sale price
    of £2.475 per share, such transaction taking place on the London Stock
    Exchange;
   
Following these transactions, Mr Papworth has a beneficial interest in 478,096
ordinary shares representing 0.090% of the issued share capital of the Company
and holds 290,000 share options.

The Company's issued capital consists of 527,836,720 ordinary shares with
voting rights.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

 

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY