Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS

DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Subsequent to the FSA's guidance, issued on 9 January 2009, clarifying
obligations to disclose any security granted over shares held by directors and
persons discharging managerial responsibility or by their connected persons,
the Company discloses that D John Ogren, a non-executive director, has granted
security over up to 55,000 shares, which represents 68.75% of Mr Ogren's
interest in the shares of the Company and up to 0.01% of the issued share
capital of the Company.

The shares are held in an investment account with UBS Financial Services and
secures a line of credit for a business owned by Eric Ogren, Mr Ogren's son.

This event did not take place during the current Close Period.

Mr Ogren has a total beneficial interest in 80,000 ordinary shares representing
0.015% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Company's issued capital consists of 527,836,720 ordinary shares with
voting rights. The Company holds no shares in Treasury.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

 

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY