Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC (the "Company")

  

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS

DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with DTR 3.1.2R, the Company was informed that on 19 December
2013 the following transactions were completed by directors of the Company:

Allister G Langlands

  * exercised 40,000 share options granted on 14 April 2009 under the John Wood
    Group PLC 2003 Long Term Retention Plan, being 0.01% of the issued share
    capital of the Company, at an exercise price of £0.0333 per share; and
   
  * made off-market transfers totalling 40,000 ordinary shares in the capital
    of the Company, being 0.01% of the share capital of the Company, at nil
    consideration, to his children. After this transaction, each of Mr
    Langlands' children, who are connected to him for the purposes of DTR
    3.1.2R, hold 56,888 shares being 0.015% of the issued share capital of the
    Company.
   
Following these transactions, Mr Langlands holds 494,766 ordinary shares
representing 0.132% of the issued share capital of the Company, of which
391,306 shares are held directly and 103,460 restricted shares are held with a
beneficial interest only. Mr Langlands holds no share options.

Alan G Semple

  * exercised 40,000 share options granted on 14 April 2009 under the John Wood
    Group PLC 2003 Long Term Retention Plan, being 0.01% of the issued share
    capital of the Company, at an exercise price of £0.0333 per share.
   
Following this transaction, Mr Semple holds 420,798 ordinary shares
representing 0.112% of the issued share capital of the Company, of which
338,245 shares are held directly and 82,553 restricted shares are held with a
beneficial interest only. Mr Semple also holds 64,798 share options which
remain subject to performance conditions.

The Company's issued capital consists of 375,075,384 ordinary shares with
voting rights.

Notification authorised by:

 

Robbie M. B. Brown, Company Secretary