Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

The Company was informed that on 3 September 2007, the Trustees of the John
Wood Group PLC US Employee Share Trust ("US EST"):

  * sold 16,618 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £3.743259 per
    share, being 0.0031% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term
    Retention Plan; and
   
  * transferred 10,610 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 3.333 pence per share, being 0.002% of the share capital
    of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries,
    exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term
    Retention Plan;
   
  * transferred 11,250 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 158 pence per share, being 0.0021% of the share capital of
    the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, exercising
    share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1) Approved and
    Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * transferred 9,375 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 128.5 pence per share, being 0.0017% of the share capital
    of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries,
    exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1) Approved
    and Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
on 4 September 2007:

  * sold 27,697 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £3.717804 per
    share, being 0.0052% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 Long Term
    Retention Plan;
   
Following these transactions, the US EST holds a total of 5,714,967 ordinary
shares representing 1.091% 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 the following executive
directors of the Company: Wendell R Brooks and Alan G Semple. Each of such
directors 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.