Director Shareholding

Wood Group (John) PLC
05 April 2004


RNS ANNOUNCEMENT - 5 APRIL 2004



John Wood Group PLC

The Company was informed that on 2 April 2004, the Trustees of the John Wood
Group PLC Employee Share Trust acquired 1,400,000 ordinary shares in the capital
of the Company at £1.297013 per share to satisfy future obligations arising from
share options granted under The John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2002 Executive Share
Option Scheme, The John Wood Group PLC (No 2) 2002 Executive Share Option
Scheme, The John Wood Group PLC (No 1) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan and The
John Wood Group PLC (No 2) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan . Following this
purchase, the Trust holds a total of 13,796,350 ordinary shares representing
2.855% 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: William
Edgar, Allister G Langlands, 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 EST.


Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

IAN JOHNSON, GROUP HEAD OF LEGAL AND COMPANY SECRETARY.




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