Acquisition

Expro International Group PLC
14 June 2006


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14 June 2006

                         Expro International Group PLC

         Proposed acquisition of Power Well Services for $674.5 million

                                      and

  5 for 14 Rights Issue at 500 pence per New Share to Qualifying Shareholders
                   to raise £127.6 million (net of expenses)

Expro International Group PLC (the "Company", the "Group" or "Expro") today
announces the acquisition of PWS, a leading supplier of well testing and other
flow management products and services to the global oil and gas industry for
$674.5 million (£366.0 million), on a cash-free debt-free basis (the "Acquisition").
PWS's operations include a global well testing business and a regional fluids 
analysis business, as well as choke equipment supply and related services to the
land well market in the USA. PWS is a portfolio company of First Reserve Corporation,
the oldest and largest private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in 
the energy industry.

The consideration payable by the Company in relation to the Acquisition
comprises the allotment and issue to the owners of PWS of 9,155,961 Consideration
Shares (representing US$115.0 million (£62.4 million)), with the balance to be
paid in cash.

The Company proposes to raise approximately £127.6 million (net of expenses) by
way of a rights issue (the "Rights Issue") to Qualifying Shareholders, the
proceeds of which will be used towards payment of the cash balance of the
consideration for the Acquisition as described above. The remainder of the cash
balance of the consideration is to be financed through new Group bank
facilities.

The Board believes that the Acquisition represents a significant opportunity for
the Group to accelerate its growth and enhance its market position consistent
with its continuing strategy. The Acquisition will significantly increase the
Group's geographic spread and critical mass by bringing into the Group
complementary businesses with a largely different geographic spread, thereby
creating a leading global provider of exploration and production well testing
and clean-up services. The Acquisition will also expand the Group's portfolio of
products and services into choke equipment supply and services.

The Acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing for the Company during the
first full financial year after the issue of the New Shares and Consideration
Shares. (1)

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(1) Before the amortisation of additional intangible assets recognised as part
of the business combination under IFRS 3.


Graeme Coutts, Chief Executive, commented:

    "The Company has had an excellent year both in terms of its financial
    performance as well as continuing to deliver on our strategic objectives. 
    I am therefore delighted to announce the proposed Acquisition of PWS, a global
    business which is highly complementary to Expro's and which will significantly
    enhance our market position and global offering.

    Our strategy has been to develop market-leading businesses based on technology
    innovation, and this proposed Acquisition will further that strategy. The
    Company's existing well testing activities and those of PWS are geographically
    complementary, and PWS's strong presence in several key markets and key customer
    relationships will provide enhanced growth opportunities for the Company's other
    services.

    The Acquisition is a significant opportunity for the Company, at a time when
    the outlook for the upstream service sector is particularly positive."

The Directors of Expro have received financial advice from JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited and from Simmons & Company International Limited in relation to the
Acquisition and from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited in relation to the Rights Issue.

This summary should be read in conjunction with the full text of the following
announcement.

Appendix I sets out the expected timetable of principal events.

Appendix II sets out definitions of terms used in this announcement.

Enquiries:

Expro International Group PLC                                    [phone]
Graeme Coutts, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Speakman, Finance Director

JPMorgan Cazenove                                               [phone]
Financial adviser and corporate broker to Expro)
Julian Oakley
Barry Weir

Weber Shandwick                                                 [phone]
(Public relations adviser to Expro)
Rachel Taylor
Stephanie Badjonat

There will be an analysts' meeting at 9.30 a.m. (London time) today at the
offices of Weber Shandwick at Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8WS.


This announcement shall not constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of any
offer to acquire New Shares or to take up entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in any
jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. The distribution 
of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and 
therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform 
themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with
these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any
such jurisdiction. Any purchase of, or application for, securities in the Rights
Issue should only be made on the basis of information contained in the
Prospectus expected to be published today and any supplement thereto.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
or an exemption from registration. The New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights and the
Fully Paid Rights have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state in
the United States or under the applicable securities laws of any Excluded
Territory. Subject to certain exceptions, the New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights
and the Fully Paid Rights may not be offered or sold in the United States or in
any Excluded Territory, or to or for the benefit of any national, resident or
citizen of any Excluded Territory.

A circular to Shareholders relating to the Acquisition and a prospectus relating
to the Rights Issue are expected to be published today. The Circular gives
further details of the Acquisition and contains a notice of an extraordinary
general meeting of the Company to approve the Acquisition, increase the
authorised share capital of the Company and give power to the Directors to allot
and issue the New Shares and the Consideration Shares to be allotted and issued
to the vendors. The Prospectus gives further details of the New Shares, the Nil
Paid Rights and the Fully Paid Rights to be offered pursuant to the Rights
Issue, the Company's business, the industry in which the Company operates and an
indication of the size of the Enlarged Group.

JPMorgan Cazenove is acting as Sponsor, Bookrunner and financial adviser to
Expro. J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. is acting as Underwriter in relation to the
Rights Issue.

JPMorgan Cazenove, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and the Rights Issue, and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition,
the Rights Issue or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Simmons
& Company International, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one
else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone
other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or
for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters
referred to in this document.

Any reproduction or distribution of this announcement in whole or in part, and
any disclosure of its contents or use of any information herein for any purpose
other than in considering an investment in the New Shares offered hereby, is
prohibited.

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or
assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties or assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial
effects of the plans and events described herein. Forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement regarding past trends or activities should not be
taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the
future. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date of this announcement. Except as required by law, the
Company is under no obligation to update or keep current the forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement or to correct any inaccuracies which
may become apparent in such forward-looking statements.

No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no
statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per
Ordinary Share for the current or future financial years would necessarily match
or exceed the historical published earnings per Ordinary Share. Prices and
values of, and income from, shares may go down as well as up and an investor may
not get back the amount invested. It should be noted that past performance is no
guide to future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an
independent financial adviser. Any statement to the effect that the Acquisition
is expected to be earnings enhancing for the Company should not be interpreted
to mean that the earnings per share in the first full financial year of
ownership, or in any subsequent period, will necessarily be greater than those
for any completed financial period.

Where US Dollar amounts in this document are followed by a pounds Sterling
comparison such amounts have been converted, for informational purposes only,
into pounds Sterling using an exchange rate of 1.8430, being the mid-market rate
as at 4.00 p.m. on 9 June 2006, as published in the Financial Times on 10 June
2006.

This is not a prospectus but an advertisement. Investors should not purchase any
of the securities referred to in this document except on the basis of the
information in the Prospectus expected to be published today and any supplement
thereto. The Prospectus will be available at the offices of Expro International
Group PLC at Reading Bridge House, Reading, Berkshire RG1 8PL.



Introduction

Expro today announces the acquisition of PWS, a leading supplier of well testing
and other flow management products and services to the global oil and gas
industry, for $674.5 million (£366.0 million), on a cash-free debt-free basis.
PWS's operations include a global well testing business and a regional fluids
analysis business, as well as choke equipment supply and related services to the
land well market in the USA.

The consideration payable by the Company in relation to the Acquisition
comprises the allotment and issue to the owners of PWS of 9,155,961 Ordinary
Shares (representing US$115 million (£62.4 million)), with the balance to be
paid in cash.

The Company proposes to raise approximately £127.6 million (net of expenses) by
way of a rights issue to Qualifying Shareholders, the proceeds of which will be
used towards payment of the cash balance of the consideration for the
Acquisition as described above. The remainder of the cash balance of the
consideration is to be financed through new Group bank facilities.

The Rights Issue Price of 500 pence per New Share represents a discount of 29.3
per cent. to yesterday's implied ex-dividend middle market closing price of
707.4 pence per Ordinary Share and a discount of 23.4 per cent. to the Rights
Issue TERP. The Rights Issue has been fully underwritten by J.P. Morgan
Securities Ltd. at the request of its affiliate JPMorgan Cazenove in order to
provide certainty as to the amount of equity capital to be raised. The Rights
Issue is expected to result in the issue of 26,170,121 New Shares (representing
approximately 35.7 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company,
and approximately 24.1 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital, as
enlarged by the Rights Issue and issue of Consideration Shares).

The Acquisition is conditional, inter alia, upon certain regulatory consents
being obtained. In view of its size relative to the Company, the Acquisition is
also conditional upon Shareholder approval. Shareholder approval will also be
sought to increase the authorised share capital of the Company, to allot the New
Shares in connection with the Rights Issue and to allot the Consideration Shares
in connection with the Acquisition.

A circular containing notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company,
at which resolutions seeking the above approvals will be proposed, and a
prospectus containing further information on the Rights Issue are expected to be
despatched to shareholders today.

Reasons for the Acquisition

Expro believes that the Acquisition represents a significant opportunity for the
Group to accelerate its growth and enhance its market position consistent with
its continuing strategy. The Acquisition will significantly increase the Group's
geographic spread and critical mass by bringing into the Group complementary
businesses with a largely different geographic spread, thereby creating a
leading global provider of exploration and production well testing and clean-up
services. The Acquisition will also expand the Group's portfolio of products and
services into choke equipment supply and services.

The combination of the Group and the PWS Group will create a stronger well
testing and related services business with an enhanced international footprint,
similar in size to Schlumberger's Well Testing business, the principal
competitor in this area.

PWS's Well Testing business complements the Group's global subsea offering.
Expro believes that there will be opportunities to provide existing Expro
products into new geographic territories currently served by PWS and to provide
certain of PWS's services into the Expro integrated service offering. PWS has
operations in approximately thirty countries, is active in the key markets of
the Middle East, Brazil and Norway and has good relationships with the national
oil companies in these regions. Expro believes that this established network
will benefit from the introduction of Expro's high-value technology portfolio,
particularly in Cased Hole services.

The Acquisition will also expand the Group's product and service portfolio
through the addition of Power Chokes. Power Chokes is a leading provider of
chokes (and related services) used for severe drilling, workover, stimulation,
well control, under balanced drilling and production operation applications,
with a particular focus in the US land well segment. Expro expects there to be
opportunities to market the Power Chokes products on an international basis,
particularly to regions with rapidly growing demand for under-balanced or
pressure-controlled drilling (such as Oman, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia).

PWS's fluids analysis business is complementary to, and will strengthen, the
Group's existing product offering and increase its geographic presence. Expro
believes that considerable opportunities exist to further promote PWS's
technology and to utilise shared knowledge and research resources in the future.
Expro intends to integrate PWS into the Group's Regional Businesses. The
Enlarged Group will be split for management purposes into western and eastern
hemispheres and will be populated with management from both groups.

Group Strategy

Expro is one of the UK's leading international oil field services companies,
supplying services and products that are fundamental to the safe, efficient and
economic exploitation of hydrocarbon reserves. The Group has operations in
approximately fifty countries around the world and provides the global oil and
gas industry with a range of high value added, differentiated services focused
on reducing client capital and operating costs in a safe and environmentally
friendly manner.

Throughout the first half of 2005, the results from the implementation of
Expro's growth strategy began to deliver strong financial performance. The
initial strategic objective was aimed at setting new growth targets for the
business. There were three key areas identified for focus. First, management
were required to re-engineer a loss-making Americas business. Secondly, a far
greater degree of client interaction was required which led to additional
investment in people, professional training and a fully integrated sales network
to improve the overall efficiency of Expro's customer care capability. Finally,
the importance of technology development was emphasised and appropriately
resourced. Technology enhancement took shape in two ways, firstly through
organic projects such as the Joint Industry Partnership for rigless
intervention, and secondly through the identification and acquisition of
businesses with synergistic growth technologies.

To support this strategy in improving market conditions several key structural
and organisational changes were made. Additional management with the appropriate
specialisations were introduced to manage distinct aspects of Expro's business.
Emphasis was also placed on separating the geographically dependent Cased Hole
Services (''CHS'') and Surface and Environmental Systems (''SES'') from the
project driven Subsurface Systems (''SSS'') and Production Solutions business.
Expro is now structured and managed under two distinct business segments-Global
Businesses and Regional Businesses.

Expro's Global Businesses segment comprises those products and services that are
driven by global customer capital expenditure and where the Group is a provider
of leading technology. These businesses are, in the main, highly technically
differentiated and require strong project management skills. This business
segment encompasses the SSS business segment, including Subsea Safety Tools
(''SST'') and the Group's major global subsurface Tronic/Matre brand, as well as
Expro's Production Solutions business.

The Regional Businesses comprise the technologies and services that are
predominantly local, infrastructure-dependent, and driven by client operating
expenditure. This encompasses Expro's CHS, SES and well testing offerings.

Expro's Board continues to believe that Expro operates in a cyclical market and
therefore Expro remains focused on its strategy to deliver a balance between
near-term and long-term value creation for its shareholders to achieve ''growth
beyond the cycle''. Expro intends to apply its strategy initially to PWS
principally by:

   •extending its customer care capability to new markets for the Group, such
    as the Middle East, Brazil and Norway;

   •extending existing Expro products and services into new geographic
    territories currently served by PWS;

   •including certain of PWS's services into the Group's integrated service
    offering; and

   •extending existing PWS choke products and services into new geographic
    territories.

Expro's preliminary results (under IFRS)

On 31 May 2006 the Company published its preliminary audited results for the
financial year ended 31 March 2006, reporting profits before tax of £29.6
million (2005: £11.0 million) on revenue of £300.7 million (2005: £211.3
million), net assets of £109.6 million (2005: £53.2 million) and net debt of
£17.1 million (2005: £53.7 million).

Information on PWS

PWS, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a business created though a series of
acquisitions since 2004 and is now a leading provider of well testing and other
flow management products and services to the global oil and gas industry. In
addition, it provides choke equipment supply and services designed for working
in operationally demanding environments in the land well market in the USA. PWS
has operations in approximately thirty countries serving a customer base of
major international, national and large independent oil and gas companies.

PWS was first established in February 2004 when First Reserve acquired Power
Chokes, a US oilfield company specialising in choke equipment supply and
services. The Power Chokes products are critical pressure and flow control
components, used in drilling related applications.

In August 2004, PWS purchased the well testing assets of Halliburton Energy
Services Inc. in the USA, a business providing equipment for surface well
testing services in the exploration and production markets, cleanup and flowback
testing for development wells, and subsea safety systems for well testing. This
surface well testing business was then strengthened through the acquisition and
integration of two further companies: Petrotech ASA, a Norwegian business
acquired in February 2005 which specialised in fluids sampling and analysis
services, and the well testing business of Geoservices SA, a French-based
business acquired in August 2005. The well testing business of Geoservices
offered additional surface testing equipment and personnel and operated more in
the development market segment as opposed to the exploration and production
segment. Additionally, it offered a supply of Downhole Test Tools required for
PWS to provide an enhanced well test package offering. Finally, in January 2006,
PWS acquired Flarestack, a small US supplier of flarestacks, also having a
pipeline testing capability, to complement its well testing business.

As a result of the above acquisitions, PWS's businesses now provide
international oil and gas companies with a product and service offering across
three complementary activities: Power Chokes, Well Testing and Fluids Analysis.

Power Chokes

Power Chokes is a leading designer and manufacturer of chokes utilised in severe
drilling, workover, stimulation, well control, under balanced drilling and
production operations applications and a provider of related services, with a
particular focus in the US land well segment.

Well Testing

PWS is a leading provider of well testing services to the offshore, including
deepwater, and onshore markets and its business includes a severe service
capability for operating in arctic/desert conditions.

Fluids Analysis

Petrotech is a provider of specialised fluids sampling, analysis, metering and
interpretation services, offering a range of services from downhole and surface
PVT sampling and wellsite chemistry through to specialised sampling techniques
for gas/condensate well testing and the provision of multi-phase metering
systems. The analysis services are provided via its main laboratory or can be
performed on site.

PWS's audited financial information (restated for IFRS)

PWS reported revenue for the year ended 31 December 2005 (being the date of its
latest audited accounts) of $203.9 million (£110.6 million) with operating
profits of $19.0 million (£10.3 million). For the period since its creation on 6
February 2004 to 31 December 2004, PWS reported revenues of $70.1 million (£38.0
million) and operating profit of $6.6 million (£3.6 million). PWS has grown
rapidly through the acquisitions it has made and has thereby significantly
increased both its revenue and operating profits over the periods referred to.
PWS's gross assets as at 31 December 2004 were approximately $240.1 million
(£130.3 million). PWS's gross assets as at 31 December 2005 were approximately
$381.1 million (£206.8 million).

Funding and principal terms of the Acquisition

Funding of the Acquisition

The total consideration payable by the Company in relation to the Acquisition is
$674.5 million (£366.0 million) on a cash-free debt-free basis and comprises
9,155,961Consideration Shares to be allotted and issued fully paid up to the
owners of PWS (representing US$115.0 million (£62.4 million)) and with the
balance to be paid in cash. The cash balance will be financed through a new $550
million (£298.4 million) bank facility, together with approximately £127.6
million (net of expenses) to be raised by means of a Rights Issue.

The Rights Issue is expected to result in the issue of 26,170,121 New Shares
(representing approximately 35.7 per cent. of the current issued share capital
of the Company, and approximately 24.1 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital, as enlarged by the Rights Issue and the issue of Consideration Shares).
The Consideration Shares will be allotted and issued to the owners of PWS on
completion of the Acquisition and will not entitle them to participate in the
Rights Issue or receive Expro's final dividend payable in respect of the year
ended 31 March 2006.

Furthermore, the vendors have agreed that approximately 90 per cent., by number, 
of the Consideration Shares will be locked up for a period of six months from 14
June 2006, with, subject to certain conditions, approximately 45 per cent., by
number, of the Consideration Shares being released to the relevant vendors after 
six months and the balance being released from the lock up after 14 June 2007.

Principal terms of the Acquisition

Under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, Expro has agreed to purchase PWS
by way of a two-step process for an aggregate consideration of $674.5 million
consisting of $115.0 million in Consideration Shares and $559.5 million in cash
(including repayment of PWS debt). The first step will be to acquire PWS's US
entities, by way of a reverse merger under Delaware law with Power Well
Services, Inc. (the holding company of PWS's US entities). Expro has
incorporated a Delaware subsidiary corporation (''Merger Sub'') to reverse into
PWS in order to effect the merger. Following the merger, the separate corporate
existence of the Merger Sub will cease and Power Well Services, Inc. will be the
sole surviving corporation owned by Expro. The second step will be for
Exploration and Production Services (Holdings) Limited (Expro's UK holding
company) to acquire all the limited partner and general partner equity interests
in Power Well Holdings, LP, a Cayman exempted limited partnership, and for the
employee common units, incentive units and common units issued by Power Well
Holdings, LP to be ''retired'' prior to the completion of the second step.

The Acquisition is conditional, inter alia, upon certain regulatory consents
being obtained. In view of its size relative to the Company, the Acquisition is
also conditional upon Shareholder approval. Notice convening an Extraordinary
General Meeting convened for 3.00 p.m. on 3 July 2006 at which Shareholder
approval will be sought is set out at the end of the Circular. The regulatory
consent conditions are currently expected to be satisfied by the end of July
2006.

Principal terms of the Rights Issue

The Company proposes to raise approximately £127.6 million (net of expenses) by
offering 26,170,121 New Shares by way of rights to Qualifying Shareholders other
than, subject to certain exceptions, those Shareholders with a registered
address in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Africa, at 500
pence per New Share, payable in full on acceptance, on the basis of:

                   5 New Shares for every 14 Existing Shares

held and registered in their name at close of business on the Record Date and so
in proportion for any other number of Existing Shares then held. Where
necessary, entitlements to New Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole
number of New Shares. Fractions of New Shares will not be allotted to Qualifying
Shareholders and fractional entitlements will be aggregated and, if possible,
sold in the market as soon as practicable after the commencement of dealings in
New Shares, nil paid. The net proceeds of such sales (after deduction of
expenses) will be aggregated and will ultimately accrue for the benefit of the
Company, save that any Qualifying Shareholder will receive any proceeds in
respect of a fractional entitlement of £5 or more.

The Rights Issue Price of 500 pence per New Share represents a discount of 29.3
per cent. to the implied ex-dividend middle market closing price of 707.4 pence
per Ordinary Share on 13 June 2006, the last Business Day before this
announcement.

The Rights Issue has been fully underwritten by J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. in
order to provide certainty as to the amount of equity capital to be raised. The
Rights Issue is conditional, amongst other things, on Shareholders approving the
Acquisition and the Acquisition Agreement not having been terminated (and no
termination rights existing under it having arisen) before Admission. After
Admission, the Rights Issue will proceed even if the Acquisition does not. In
these circumstances, the Company will consider whether to return the net
proceeds of the Rights Issue to Shareholders. Prior to Admission, JPMorgan
Cazenove and/or the Underwriter may terminate the Underwriting Agreement in
certain circumstances.

In addition to funding the Acquisition, the Rights Issue has been structured in
a way that the Company has been advised creates distributable reserves for the
Company approximately equal to the net proceeds of the Rights Issue less the par
value of the New Shares. The Company currently has sufficient distributable
reserves to pay the final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2006.

Application has been made to the FSA and to the London Stock Exchange for the
New Shares to be admitted, nil paid, to the Official List and to trading on the
London Stock Exchange. Subject to certain conditions being satisfied, including
the passing of the Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting, it is
expected that Admission to the Official List will become effective and that
dealings will commence in the New Shares, nil paid, at 8.00 a.m. on 4 July 2006.
A separate application will be made to the FSA and to the London Stock Exchange
for the Consideration Shares to be admitted, fully paid, to the Official List
and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. It is currently expected that
admission will occur and that dealings will commence in the Consideration
Shares, fully paid, on Completion.

The Rights Issue will result in the issue of up to 26,170,121 New Shares
(representing approximately 35.7 per cent. of the current issued share capital
of the Company, and approximately 24.1 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital, as enlarged by the Rights Issue and the issue of Consideration Shares).
The New Shares and the Consideration Shares will, when issued, be in registered
form and rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Shares, including the
right to receive all dividends and other distributions hereafter declared, made
or paid (other than the right to receive the final dividend payable for the year
ended 31 March 2006).

Financial effects of the Acquisition and Rights Issue

The Acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing for the Company during the
first full financial year after the issue of the New Shares and Consideration
Shares. (2)

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(2) Before the amortisation of additional intangible assets recognised as part
of the business combination under IFRS 3.


Current trading and prospects

The Expro Group

The Company published its Annual Results for the year ended 31 March 2006 on 31
May 2006. The following is an extract from the full text of the announcement:

    ''The general outlook for the oil and gas services sector remains very positive,
    driven by client confidence and stable commodity prices, resulting in a strong
    uplift in client capital and operational expenditure. As a late cycle player,
    Expro is enjoying the benefit of these market conditions. This positive
    environment is providing good impetus to Expro's strategy, resulting in a
    positive outlook. Key markets, such as the United Kingdom Continental Shelf,
    have performed well for the Group and offer continued good prospects. West
    Africa and a revitalised Americas business are poised to provide further growth.
    Recruitment and retention of personnel, together with resource and cost
    management, are particularly challenging issues given the buoyant nature of the
    global industry.

    We remain focused on our strategy, including the further development of our
    customer care capability and, very importantly, the development of our future    
    technology portfolio. Encouraged by our customers and early results, investment
    levels in the latter will increase as we strive for technical breakthroughs.
    Globally, our levels of tendering and enquiry remain high, in part driven by
    enhanced client interaction. Our order book and market outlook are sufficiently
    robust to give us confidence that we remain well set to continue to deliver our
    strategic goals.''

Current trading at the Group remains in line with management's expectations.

The PWS Group

PWS has performed well during 2006 and has continued to make good progress since
its year end of 31 December. The current favourable oil and gas services market
conditions are providing strong demand for PWS's services and offer good growth
prospects for the current financial year.

The Enlarged Group

The Board believes that, following completion of the Acquisition, the Enlarged
Group will be well placed to continue to benefit from the improvement in general
market conditions. The Board has confidence in the financial and trading
prospects of the Enlarged Group for the year ending 31 March 2007.

Dividend policy

Expro's policy is to have a sustainable, progressive dividend, conservatively
covered by an appropriate level of earnings and cash. The Board has declared a
final dividend of 7.1 pence per ordinary share, which will be payable to all
Shareholders on 31 July 2006 in respect of their shareholdings on the register
at 30 June 2006 (other than in respect of any New Shares or Consideration Shares
acquired, or rights entitlement taken up or acquired, in connection with the
Acquisition and/or the Rights Issue). The New Shares and the Consideration
Shares will not be eligible to receive the final dividend for the year ended 31
March 2006 but will thereafter rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing
Shares.

Overseas shareholders

New Shares will be provisionally allotted to all Qualifying Shareholders,
including all Qualifying Shareholders with a registered address in the United
States, Canada, Australia, Japan or South Africa. However, due to securities law
restrictions in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Africa,
subject to certain exceptions, Qualifying Shareholders with a registered address
in those jurisdictions will not be sent a Provisional Allotment Letter nor will
they have their stock accounts in CREST credited with entitlement to Nil Paid
Rights as applicable, and Shareholders with a registered address in those
jurisdictions who were on the register of members of the Company at the close of
business on 13 June 2006 have not been, and will not be, sent a copy of the
Prospectus. Notwithstanding the above, if Qualifying Shareholders provide to the
Company proof satisfactory to the Company that they are able properly and
lawfully to receive a copy of the Prospectus and/or either receive a Provisional
Allotment Letter or have their stock account in CREST credited with their
entitlements to Nil Paid Rights, as applicable, without the contravention of any
registration or other legal requirement in any jurisdiction, they will be sent a
Prospectus and/or either be sent a Provisional Allotment Letter or have their
stock account in CREST credited with their entitlements to Nil Paid Rights, as
applicable.

Extraordinary General Meeting

A circular containing the notice convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of
the Company relating to the Acquisition and a prospectus relating to the Rights
Issue are expected to be published today and sent to Shareholders. The purpose
of the meeting is to seek Shareholders' approval (i) for the Acquisition, (ii)
for an increase in the authorised share capital of the Company and (iii) to
authorise the Directors, pursuant to section 80 of the UK Companies Act, to
allot relevant securities up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of
£4,000,000.

Financial Advice

The Directors of Expro have received financial advice from JPMorgan Cazenove and
Simmons & Company International in relation to the Acquisition and from JPMorgan
Cazenove in relation to the Rights Issue.

Enquiries:

Expro International Group PLC                                    [phone]
Graeme Coutts, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Speakman, Finance Director

JPMorgan Cazenove                                               [phone]
(Financial adviser and corporate broker to Expro)
Julian Oakley
Barry Weir

Weber Shandwick                                                 [phone]
(Public relations adviser to Expro)
Rachel Taylor
Stephanie Badjonat


This announcement shall not constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of any
offer to acquire New Shares or to take up entitlements to Nil Paid Rights in any
jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. The distribution 
of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and 
therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes should
inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply
with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any
such jurisdiction. Any purchase of, or application for, securities in the Rights
Issue should only be made on the basis of information contained in the
Prospectus expected to be published today and any supplement thereto.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
or an exemption from registration. The New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights and the
Fully Paid Rights have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state in
the United States or under the applicable securities laws of any Excluded
Territory. Subject to certain exceptions, the New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights
and the Fully Paid Rights may not be offered or sold in the United States or in
any Excluded Territory, or to or for the benefit of any national, resident or
citizen of any Excluded Territory.

A circular to Shareholders relating to the Acquisition and a prospectus relating
to the Rights Issue are expected to be published today. The Circular gives
further details of the Acquisition and contains a notice of an extraordinary
general meeting of the Company to approve the Acquisition, increase the
authorised share capital of the Company and give power to the Directors to allot
and issue the New Shares and the new Ordinary Shares to be allotted and issued
to the vendors. The Prospectus gives further details of the New Shares, the Nil
Paid Rights and the Fully Paid Rights to be offered pursuant to the Rights
Issue, the Company's business, the industry in which the Company operates and an
indication of the size of the Enlarged Group.

JPMorgan Cazenove is acting as Sponsor, Bookrunner and financial adviser to
Expro. J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. is acting as Underwriter in relation to the
Rights Issue.

JPMorgan Cazenove, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and the Rights Issue, and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition,
the Rights Issue or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Simmons
& Company International, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and no one
else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone
other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or
for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters
referred to in this document.

Any reproduction or distribution of this announcement in whole or in part, and
any disclosure of its contents or use of any information herein for any purpose
other than in considering an investment in the New Shares offered hereby, is
prohibited. Each offeree of the New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights or the Fully
Paid Rights by accepting delivery of this document agrees to the foregoing.

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or
assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties or assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial
effects of the plans and events described herein. Forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement regarding past trends or activities should not be
taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the
future. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date of this announcement. Except as required by law, the
Company is under no obligation to update or keep current the forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement or to correct any inaccuracies which
may become apparent in such forward-looking statements.

No statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no
statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per
Ordinary Share for the current or future financial years would necessarily match
or exceed the historical published earnings per Ordinary Share. Prices and
values of, and income from, shares may go down as well as up and an investor may
not get back the amount invested. It should be noted that past performance is no
guide to future performance. Persons needing advice should consult an
independent financial adviser. Any statement to the effect that the Acquisition
is expected to be earnings enhancing for the Company should not be interpreted
to mean that the earnings per share in the first full financial year of
ownership, or in any subsequent period, will necessarily be greater than those
for any completed financial period.

Where US Dollar amounts in this document are followed by a pounds Sterling
comparison such amounts have been converted, for informational purposes only,
into pounds Sterling using an exchange rate of 1.8430, being the mid-market rate
as at 4.00 p.m. on 9 June 2006, as published in the Financial Times on 10 June
2006.

This is not a prospectus but an advertisement. Investors should not purchase any
of the securities referred to in this document except on the basis of the
information in the Prospectus expected to be published today and any supplement
thereto. The Prospectus will be available at the offices of Expro International
Group PLC at Reading Bridge House, Reading, Berkshire RG1 8PL.



                                   Appendix I

                    EXPECTED TIMETABLE FOR THE RIGHTS ISSUE
                                                                               2006

Announcement                                                                14 June
Despatch of Circular and Prospectus and Announcement of Rights Issue        14 June

Record date for the entitlements under the Rights Issue        6.00 p.m. on 28 June

Latest time and date for receipt of electronic proxy           8.00 p.m. on 30 June
appointments via the CREST system                                         

Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy               3.00 p.m on 1 July

Extraordinary General Meeting                                   3.00 p.m. on 3 July

Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters (to Qualifying                     3 July
non-CREST Shareholders only)

Dealings in New Shares, nil paid, commence on the               8.00 a.m. on 4 July
London Stock Exchange                                                          

Nil Paid Rights credited to stock accounts in CREST             8.00 a.m. on 4 July
(Qualifying CREST Shareholders only)                                           

Existing Shares marked "ex-rights" by the London Stock          8.00 a.m. on 4 July
Exchange                                                                       

Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights enabled in CREST        as soon as practicable
                                                           after 8.00 a.m. on 4 July

Recommended latest time for requesting withdrawal of Nil Paid   4.30 p.m. on 19 July
Rights or Fully Paid Rights from CREST (i.e. if your Nil Paid             
Rights or Fully Paid Rights are in CREST and you wish to 
convert them into certificated form)

Latest time and date for depositing renounced Provisional       3.00 p.m. on 20 July
Allotment Letters, nil paid or fully paid, into CREST or 
for dematerialising Nil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights 
into a CREST stock account

Latest time and date for splitting Provisional Allotment        3.00 p.m. on 21 July
Letters, nil paid or fully paid                                           

Latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full and    11.00 a.m. on 25 July
registration of renounced Provisional Allotment Letters                

Dealings in New Shares, fully paid, commence on the             8.00 a.m. on 26 July
London Stock Exchange and New Shares credited to 
CREST stock accounts uncertificated holders only)

Announcement of the results of Rights Issue through              On or about 26 July
a regulatory information service                                                       

Expected completion of the Acquisition and issue of                      by end July
Consideration Shares

Despatch of definitive share certificates for New Shares in              by 4 August
certificated form


* In order to ensure that electronic proxy appointments via the CREST system are
received in time, CREST Shareholders should ensure that electronic proxy
appointments are received no later than 8.00 p.m. on Friday 30 June 2006

Notes:

   (i)   The dates set out in the expected timetable of events
         above and mentioned in this announcement may be adjusted by the Company
         with the agreement of the Bookrunner and the Underwriter), in which
         event details of the new dates will be notified to the FSA and, where 
         appropriate, to Shareholders.
   
  (ii)   References to times in this document are to London time.




                                  Appendix II


The following definitions apply throughout this announcement unless the context
otherwise requires:


                                  DEFINITIONS

"Acquisition Agreement"   the master transaction agreement between Expro, PWS, 
                          First Reserve and others

"Admission"               admission of the New Shares, nil paid, to (i) the Official
                          List of the FSA and (ii) trading on the London Stock
                          Exchange's market for listed securities, becoming effective in
                          accordance with, respectively, the Listing Rules and the
                          Admission and Disclosure Standards

"Annual Results"          the audited results of the Company for the year ended 31 March
                          2006 and published by the Company on 31 May 2006

"Bookrunner"              JPMorgan Cazenove Limited

"Business Days"           a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are
                          open for general business in London

"Cased Hole"              The portion of the wellbore that has had metal casing placed
                          and cemented to protect the openhole from fluids, pressures,
                          wellbore stability problems or a combination of these

"certificated" or         a share or other security which is not in uncertificated form
"in certificated form"    (that is, not in CREST)

"Circular"                the circular issued by the Company in respect of the
                          Acquisition, setting out the basis for the Rights Issue,
                          together with any supplements or amendments thereto

"Company" or "Expro"      Expro International Group PLC, a public limited company
                          incorporated under the laws of England and Wales

"Completion"              Completion of the Acquisition Agreement in accordance 
                          with its terms

"Consideration Shares"    Ordinary Shares to be issued to the vendors pursuant to
                          the Acquisition Agreement

"CREST Regulations"       The Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3755)

"CREST Shareholders"      Shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form

"CREST"                   the relevant system (as defined in the CREST Regulations) 
                          for the paperless settlement of trades in listed securities 
                          in the United Kingdom, of which CRESTCo Limited is the 
                          operator (as defined in the CREST Regulations)

"Directors" or "Board"    The board of directors of the Company as at the date of 
                          this announcement

"Downhole Test Tools"     Well testing apparatus used to perform Drill Stem Testing

"$", "US$", "US           The lawful currency of the United States of America
Dollars"or "USD"

"Enlarged Group"          The Group as enlarged by the Acquisition

"Excluded Territory"      the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Africa

"Existing Shares"         the existing Ordinary Shares

"Extraordinary            the extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be 
General Meeting"          held at the Company's head office at 3.00 p.m. on 3 July 
                          2006 including any adjournment thereof), notice of which 
                          is set out at the end of the Circular

"FSA"                     the Financial Services Authority acting in its capacity 
                          as the competent authority for the purposes of Part VI of 
                          the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

"First Reserve"           First Reserve Corporation

"Fully Paid Rights"       rights to acquire New Shares, fully paid

"Group"                   the Company and its subsidiary undertakings and, where the
                          context requires, other undertakings which have conducted the
                          business now conducted by the Company and such subsidiary
                          undertakings

"IFRS"                    International Financial Reporting Standards

"JPMorgan Cazenove"       JPMorgan Cazenove Limited

"Listing Rules"           the listing rules of the FSA, as the context so requires

"London Stock Exchange"   London Stock Exchange plc

"Newco"                   Aslan Limited (registered number 93526), a company
                          incorporated in Jersey)

"New Shares"              the 26,170,121 new Ordinary Shares which the Company is
                          proposing to allot and issue pursuant to the Rights Issue

"Nil Paid Rights"         rights to acquire New Shares, nil paid

"Official List"           the Official List of the FSA

"Ordinary Shares"         ordinary shares of 10 pence the Company

"PWS"                     Power Well Services Inc. and Power Well Holdings Luxembourg
                          S.A.R.L.

"PWS Group"               PWS and its subsidiary undertakings

"£", "pence", "Sterling"  The lawful currency of the United Kingdom
 or "pounds Sterling"

"Prospectus"              the Prospectus issued by the Company in respect of the Rights
                          Issue, together with any supplements or amendments thereto

"Provisional Allotment    the provisional allotment letter to be issued to Qualifying
 Letter" or "PAL"         non-CREST Shareholders (other than, subject to certain
                          exceptions, Qualifying Shareholders with a registered address
                          in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South
                          Africa)

"PVT"                     Pressure, Volume, Temperature

"Qualifying CREST         Qualifying Shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in
Shareholders"             uncertificated form

"Qualifying               Qualifying Shareholders holding Ordinary Shares in
non-CREST Shareholders"   certificated form

"Qualifying               Shareholders on the register of members of the Company at the
Shareholders"             close of business on the Record Date

"Record Date"             close of business on 27 June 2006

"Resolutions"             the resolutions set out in the notice convening the
                          Extraordinary General Meeting at the end of the Circular

"Rights Issue Price"      500 pence

"Securities Act"          the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended

"Shareholders"            holders of Ordinary Shares

"Simmons & Company        Simmons and Company International Ltd.
International"

"Sponsor"                 JPMorgan Cazenove

"UK" or "United Kingdom"  the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

"uncertificated"          recorded on the register of members as being held in
or "in uncertificated     uncertificated form in CREST and title to which, by virtue of
form"                     the CREST Regulations, may be transferred by means of CREST

"Underwriter"             J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. on behalf of its affiliate
                          JPMorgan Cazenove

"Underwriting             the conditional underwriting agreement described in paragraph
Agreement"                11.1 of Part IX of the Circular

"United States"           the United States of America, its territories and possessions,
or "US" or "USA"          any state of the United States and the District of Columbia

"Well Testing"            A well test is conducted to evaluate the characteristics of a
                          well and to assess the well's ability to produce






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