Director/PDMR Shareholding

Amec Foster Wheeler plc (the 'Company')

21 March 2016

Notification of transactions by executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs')

Pursuant to our obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4(R), we hereby advise you of the following transactions which were notified to the Company on 18 March 2016:

The Amec Foster Wheeler plc Long-term Incentive Plan 2015 (the 'Plan') - 2016 grants

On 18 March 2016 in London, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, Awards (being Conditional Awards and Options, as defined in the rules of the Plan) over ordinary shares in the Company were granted to each of the individuals noted below. No consideration is payable for the grant of Awards. Vesting of all Awards for the Executive Director, and a proportion of the Awards for the PDMRs, is subject to performance conditions measured over three financial years from 2016 to 2018 and malus provisions as described in the directors' remuneration report of the Company's annual report and accounts for 2014 (and of the annual report and accounts for 2015 to be published shortly).

The Plan was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2015.

1 Award made in the form of a nil cost Option, with an 18 month exercise period, and a 2 year holding and claw-back period, post vesting.

2 Award made in the form of a Conditional Award.

3 Award made in the form of a nil cost Option, with an 18 month exercise period post vesting.

Helen Morrell

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

+44 (0)1565 683233