Result of EGM

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                              John Wood Group PLC                              

                                (the "Company")                                

            Results of General Meeting in relation to Tender Offer             

 

At the General Meeting of the Company held at 12.00 p.m. on 1 June 2011 at the
Company's offices at John Wood House, Greenwell Road, Aberdeen AB12 3AX, the
special resolution in relation to the Tender Offer set out in the Tender Offer
circular published by the Company on 16 May 2011 [(the "Circular")] was duly
passed on a show of hands.

The table below shows the proxy votes received for and against the resolution,
representing a total of 65.15% of the 540,823,133 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 authorise the    351,125,432   64.92   210,288 0.04  352,357,548 1,021,828   
purchase of                                                                     
ordinary shares in                                                              
the capital of the                                                              
Company pursuant                                                                
to, for the                                                                     
purposes of, or in                                                              
connection with,                                                                
the Tender Offer                                                                

The results of the General Meeting 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 special 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

The Tender Offer closes at 3.00 p.m. today. To be valid, tender forms or CREST
acceptances must be received by that time in accordance with the procedures set
out in the Circular.

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

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