Result of EGM

John Wood Group PLC                              

                                (the "Company")                                

             RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING FOR WELL SUPPORT DISPOSAL              

At the General Meeting held at 1.00 pm on 31 March 2011 at the Company's
offices at John Wood House, Greenwell Road, Aberdeen, AB12 3AX the ordinary
resolution regarding the disposal of the Company's Well Support division was
duly passed on a show of hands. Completion of the transaction remains subject
to US anti-trust approval and other customary completion arrangements.

The table below shows the proxy votes received for and against the resolution,
representing a total of 71.51 per cent of the 530,266,720 ordinary shares in
issue as at the date of the meeting (each ordinary share carries one vote).

Resolution  For/           %      Against     %     Total cast     Votes       
            Discretionary                                          withheld    
                                                                               
To approve  373,034,619    70.35  239,978     0.05  379,205,555    5,930,958   
the                                                                            
disposal of                                                                    
the Group's                                                                    
well                                                                           
support                                                                        
division                                                                       

These votes will shortly be available on the Company's website at:
www.woodgroup.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolution passed at the
General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will
shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Enquiries

For further information please contact:

John Wood Group PLC

Nick Gilman, Group Head of Communications & Investor Relations

Tel: [phone]

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

ROBBIE M. B. BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY