Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

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

  * 250,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at subscription price
    of 158.00 pence per share; and
   
  * 489,970 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 US EST holds a total of 4,761,979 ordinary shares
representing 0.9081% of the share capital of the Company.

The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the US EST holds such shares
consists of employees of the Company, including Alan G Semple, executive
director of the Company. Such director is accordingly deemed to be beneficially
interested in the shares held by the US 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.