Director/PDMR Shareholding

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 16 March 2010,
the following transactions were made by Mark H Papworth a Director of the
Company:

  * exercised 50,000 share options, being 0.0094% of the issued share capital
    of the Company, at 3.333 pence per share, such options having been granted
    on 12 April 2006 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 0.00954% of the issued share capital of the Company, at a sale price
    of £3.745829 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 240,000 share options.

The Company's issued capital consists of 530,266,720 ordinary shares with
voting rights.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

 

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY