Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  
The Company was informed that on 3 April 2006, the Trustees of the John Wood
Group PLC US Employee Share Trust ("US EST"):

  * transferred 8,3333 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of £1.285 per share, being 0.0016% of the share capital of
    the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, pursuant to
    an exercise of share options under the John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2002
    Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * transferred 5,417 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of £1.58 per share, being 0.001% of the share capital of the
    Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, pursuant to an
    exercise of share options under the John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2002
    Executive Share Option Scheme;
   
  * transferred 3,137 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 0.0333 pence per share, being 0.0006% of the share capital
    of the Company, to employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries pursuant
    to an exercise of share options under the John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2003
    Long Term Retention Plan.
   
The Company was informed that on 5 April 2006, the US EST:

  * transferred 56,250 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a
    consideration of 17â…“ pence per share, being 0.01% 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").
   
Following these transactions, the US EST holds a total of 1,067,463 ordinary
shares representing 0.207% 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 all of such
shares held by the US EST.

The transactions noted above do not involve any of the named executive
directors or any persons discharging managerial responsibility.

  

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

 

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY