Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

The Company was informed that on 18 December 2007, the Trustees of the John
Wood Group PLC US Employee Share Trust ("US EST"):

  * sold 17,848 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £4.3975 per
    share, being 0.0034% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved and
    Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * sold 23,401 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £4.3975 per
    share, being 0.0044% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1)
    Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * transferred 12,152 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 0.83333 pence per share, being 0.0023% 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 and
    Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * transferred 26,599 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 158 pence per share, being 0.005% 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) Executive Share
    Option Scheme;
   
and on 21 December 2007:

  * sold 75,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £4.33 per
    share, being 0.0143% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2002 (No 1)
    Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * sold 38,083 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at £4.33 per
    share, being 0.0072% of the share capital of the Company pursuant to
    exercises of share options under the John Wood Group PLC 2003 (No 1) Long
    Term Retention Plan;
   
Following these transactions, the US EST holds a total of 4,066,323 ordinary
shares representing 0.7755% 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 Alan G Semple, executive
director of the Company. Such director is accordingly deemed to be beneficially
interested in the shares held by the US EST.

The transactions noted above include transactions by Alan Semple, full details
of which and the effect on his holdings has been notified separately. The other
transactions do 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.