Director/PDMR Shareholding

Wood Group (John) PLC
03 August 2005


RNS ANNOUNCEMENT -  3 August 2005


John Wood Group PLC ('Company')


The Company was informed that on 28 July 2005, the Trustees of the John Wood
Group PLC Employee Share Trust (the 'EST'):


• sold 32,549 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a £2.0449
  per share, being 0.0066% of the share capital of the Company;  and



• transferred 177,451 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
  consideration, of 17 1/3 pence per share being 0.0361% of the share 
  capital of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, 
  exercising share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved Executive 
  Share Option Scheme and the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive 
  Share Option Scheme (together 'Schemes').


The Company was also informed that on 1 August 2005, the Trustees of the John
Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust was allotted 1,350,000 ordinary shares in
the capital of the Company at subscription price of 17 1/3 pence per share.
Such shares were allotted to the EST in order to satisfy obligations arising
from share options granted under The John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved Executive
Share Option Scheme and the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Unapproved Executive Share
Option Scheme (together 'Schemes').


Following these transactions, the EST holds a total of 20,653,705 ordinary
shares representing 4.2069% of the share capital of the Company.


The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the EST holds such shares
consists of employees of the Company, including the following executive
directors of the Company: Allister G Langlands, Wendell R Brooks, Alan G Semple,
Trevor M Noble and Leslie J Thomas.  Each of such directors is accordingly
deemed to be beneficially interested in all of such shares held by the EST.


Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.


IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY.

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