Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS

DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with DTR 3.1.2R, the Company announces that as part of its
retention strategy for Directors and key employees, the Company made awards on
14 April 2009 under the John Wood Group PLC (No1) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan
("LTRP"), to each of the Directors noted below. The awards were in the form of
LTRP options in amounts set out below, such options being exercisable between
the fourth and fifth anniversary of grant (i.e. exercisable for one year from
14 April 2013).

The LTRP is designed to align rewards to financial performance with an overall
bonus pool calculated annually based on growth in the Group's adjusted diluted
earnings per share in the prior year. The awards set out below come from the
2008 pool.

Directors:

Allister Gordon Langlands 40,000

Alan George Semple 40,000

Leslie James Thomas 40,000

Mark Harry Papworth 40,000

Michael Straughen 40,000

James Bryon Renfroe 40,000

The total number of LTRP options granted was 240,000 or 0.0454% of issued
capital

The beneficial interests of each of the Directors named above in the shares of
the Company after these grants are as follows:

Allister Gordon Langlands

Shares held                                  1,889,845                         
                                                                               
Long Term Incentive Scheme Awards              392,694                         
                                                                               
                                             2,282,539 0.432% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme      300,000                         
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan       40,000                         

Alan George Semple

Shares held                                    882,830                         
                                                                               
Long Term Incentive Scheme Awards              281,913                         
                                                                               
                                             1,164,743 0.221% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme      175,000                         
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan       40,000                         

Leslie James Thomas

ICW's 2005 Trust for Leslie James Thomas       100,000                         
                                                                               
Shares held                                    189,845                         
                                                                               
Long Term Incentive Scheme Awards              296,804                         
                                                                               
                                               586,649 0.111% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme      200,000                         
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan       90,000                         

Mark Harry Papworth

Shares held                                    118,278                         
                                                                               
Long Term Incentive Scheme Awards              359,818                         
                                                                               
                                               478,096 0.090% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan      340,000                         
                                                                               

Michael Straughen

Shares held                                     23,055 0.004% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan       90,000                         
                                                                               

James Bryon Renfroe

Shares held                                     10,000 0.001% of issued capital
                                                                               
Share Options                                                                  
                                                                               
No 1 Scheme 2003 Long Term Retention Plan       40,000                         
                                                                               

The Company's issued capital consists of 527,836,720 ordinary shares with
voting rights. The Company holds no shares in Treasury.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY