Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

On 1 June 2006, the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust
(the "EST") was allotted 570,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company
at a subscription price of 93â…“ pence per share.

Such shares were allotted to the EST in order to satisfy obligations arising
from share options granted under The John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved
Executive Share Option Scheme.

Following this allotment, the EST holds a total of 19,644,304 ordinary shares
representing 3.804% 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, Trevor M Noble, Leslie J Thomas
and Mark Papworth. Each of such directors is accordingly deemed to be
beneficially interested in all of such shares held by the EST.

The transaction noted above does not involve any of the named executive
directors or any persons discharging managerial responsibility.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.


IAN JOHNSON, GROUP HEAD OF LEGAL AND COMPANY SECRETARY.