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, on 11 June 2013 the Company made awards of longterm incentive plan share options to directors of the Company under the termsof the John Wood Group PLC Long Term Plan ("LTP"), as noted below. No cost wasassociated with the grant of the share options. The share options will become exercisable subject to the satisfaction ofcertain conditions, including performance conditions measured over theapplicable performance cycle (1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015), inaccordance with the LTP Rules approved by shareholders at the Company's 2013AGM and as set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report of the 2012 AnnualReport. Of the awards that vest following determination of the performance conditions,80% will be exercisable no earlier than 1 January 2016 with the remaining 20%exercisable no earlier than 1 January 2018. The share options will beexercisable at nil cost, ordinarily within a period of one year from the firstexercise date, unless otherwise determined by the Remuneration Committee. Details of the respective awards are as follows: Director Share options awarded Bob Keiller 111,572 ordinary shares Alan Semple 64,798 ordinary shares Mark Dobler 52,602 ordinary shares Mike Straughen 55,852 ordinary shares Robin Watson 55,852 ordinary shares Note additional shares will be awarded to reflect accrued notional dividendsprior to award vesting. Following these transactions, the interests of those directors in shares in theCompany are as follows: Mr Keiller holds 1,582,251 ordinary shares representing 0.424% of the issuedshare capital of the Company, of which 1,577,990 shares are held directly and4,261 restricted shares are held with a beneficial interest only. Mr Keilleralso has a non-beneficial interest in 392,423 ordinary shares representing0.105% of the issued share capital of the Company and holds 111,572 shareoptions. Mr Semple holds 380,335 ordinary shares representing 0.102% of the issued sharecapital of the Company, of which 297,782 shares are held directly and 82,553restricted shares are held with a beneficial interest only. Mr Semple alsoholds 104,798 share options. Mr Dobler holds 14,307 ordinary shares representing 0.004% of the issued sharecapital of the Company, of which 123 shares are held directly and 14,184restricted shares are held with a beneficial interest only. Mr Dobler alsoholds 82,602 share options. Mr Straughen holds 162,797 ordinary shares representing 0.044% of the issuedshare capital of the Company, of which 97,057 shares are held directly and65,740 restricted shares are held with a beneficial interest only. Mr Straughenalso holds 55,852 share options. Mr Watson holds 25,069 ordinary shares representing 0.007% of the issued sharecapital of the Company, of which 20,098 shares are held directly and 4,971restricted shares are held with a beneficial interest only. Mr Watson alsoholds 135,852 share options. The Company's issued capital consists of 373,175,384 ordinary shares withvoting rights. Notification authorised by:

ROBBIE M B BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY