Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

On 17 January 2008, the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC Employee Share
Trust (the "EST") was allotted:

  * 250,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at subscription price
    of 158.00 pence per share; and
   
  * 510,030 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at subscription price
    of 83.333 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 Approved and
Unapproved Executive Share Option Schemes and the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No
1) and (No 2) Executive Share Option Schemes.

Following this allotment, the EST holds a total of 15,715,060 ordinary shares
representing 2.997% 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 all of such shares held by the EST.

 

The transaction noted above does 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.