Director/PDMR Shareholding

28 March 2014

AMEC plc (the company)

Notification of interests of executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs)

Pursuant to our obligations under Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 (R), we hereby advise you of the following transactions, of which the company was notified on 27 March 2014:

Performance Share Plan (the plan)

On 27 March 2014, in accordance with the terms of the plan, Restricted Shares (being conditional awards, as defined in the rules of the plan, of ordinary shares that will vest after three years subject to performance conditions as described in the 2013 directors' remuneration report) were awarded to each of the individuals noted below. No consideration is payable for the grant of the awards:

Executive Directors Restricted Shares

Samir Brikho 215,835* (64,750 of which are Matched Awards)

Ian McHoul 119,908* (35,972 of which are Matched Awards)

Other PDMRs Restricted Shares

Simon Naylor 71,530 (26,824 of which are Matched Awards)

John Pearson 65,157* (24,434 of which are Matched Awards)

*Made in the form of nil cost options, with an 18 month exercise period post vesting.

The Matched Awards were made on a 2:1 matching basis against Investment Shares owned by the individuals that must be retained for the 3 year performance period.

Following the above transactions, the share interests of the executive directors and other PDMRs are as follows:-

Samir Brikho holds 1,894,682 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 0.64% of the voting rights in the company. He also has an interest in 816,354 Restricted Shares in the Performance Share Plan and 1,335 shares under the Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

Ian McHoul holds 318,407 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 0.11 per cent of the voting rights in the company. He also has an interest in 453,587 Restricted Shares under the Performance Share Plan and 1,046 shares under the Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

Simon Naylor holds 78,273 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 0.03% of the voting rights of the company. He also has an interest in 225,261 Restricted Shares awarded under the Performance Share Plan and 1,335 shares awarded under the Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

John Pearson holds 36,305 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 0.01% of the voting rights of the company. He also has an interest in 207,512 Restricted Shares awarded under the Performance Share Plan and 1,335 shares awarded under the Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

Kim Hand

Senior Assistant Company Secretary