AGM Statement

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

  

Chairman's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Statement

At the AGM of the Company held today, the Chairman, Sir Ian Wood, made the
following comments:

"In continuing strong global energy markets, we have made a very good start to
the year and now expect to be somewhat ahead of expectations. 

"The strongest performance is from Engineering & Production Facilities, which
has benefited from high demand for its services across all areas and the
contribution from IMV Projects acquired in November 2007.  Engineering is
active on a wide range of projects in upstream, subsea and pipeline, and
downstream, with new awards during the period including Woodside for their
Sunrise gas development in the Timor Sea; Gazprom, Total and StatoilHydro for
the trunkline project to bring gas from the Shtokman field to Northern Russia;
and the International Alliance Group for the Consumers' Co-operative Refineries
Ltd. (CCRL) refinery expansion project in Saskatchewan, Canada.  Production
Facilities has a market leading position in the UK sector of the North Sea,
with a range of brownfield engineering and modifications projects, and an
increasing number of duty holder roles.  The acquisition of Producers'
Assistance Corporation in January has strengthened the onshore operations and
maintenance capabilities in the US, and the Latin American business has been
expanded through two important contracts in Peru.

"Well Support is seeing a good overall performance in an improving North
American market.  Electric Submersible Pumps has continued to see high levels
of activity in long term contracts and won new business with the Kuwait Oil
Company.  Pressure Control's international growth continues to be encouraging,
with significant recent contract awards in Latin America, including from PDVSA
and Pemex, and further progress anticipated in the Middle East.  The programmes
to increase our manufacturing capacity in lower cost environments are
progressing well.  Logging Services is delivering a strong performance,
including from its deepwater and slickline specialist services.

"Gas Turbine Services continues to make good progress in the US and in
international markets.  The strong demand for gas turbine power is very
positive for our maintenance, repair and overhaul activities, and for our fast
track power solutions where we anticipate a number of contract awards over the
coming months.  The continuing focus on increasing the proportion of work under
long term contract is an important step towards delivering the future margin
objective.

"The Group's financial position is strong and committed bank facilities have
been increased by $200m to $950m, which provides a robust platform for future
growth.

"In summary, the healthy markets and ongoing programme of investment in both
organic growth and acquisitions have resulted in a very good start to the
year.  We believe the Group is well underway to another year of strong growth,
and now expect to be somewhat ahead of expectations."

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY