Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wood Group (John) PLC
08 July 2005



RNS ANNOUNCEMENT - 8 July 2005



John Wood Group PLC ('Company')



The Company was informed that on 8 July 2005, Alan George Semple, a Director of
the Company:


•   sold 200,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 
    £1.891485 per share, being 0.04% of the share capital of the Company;  and


•   exercised 450,000 share options, being 0.0919% of the share capital of the 
    Company, granted under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive
    Share Option Scheme.


Following these transactions, Mr Semple holds a total of 700,000 ordinary shares
representing 0.1429% of the share capital of the Company.


Mr Semple continues to hold share options granted to him by the Company.
Following the above transaction those holdings are as follows:



John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved Scheme                           36,000
John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Scheme                        114,000
John Wood Group PLC No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan      38,083
John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme     250,000


Total share options remaining                                     438,083





Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.


IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY




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