Posting of Circular and Notice of General Meeting

John Wood Group PLC
14 March 2011

                      John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group")                       

   POSTING OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED   
                       DISPOSAL OF WELL SUPPORT DIVISION                       

Further to the announcement made on 14 February 2011, Wood Group announces that
the circular (the "Circular") relating to the proposed disposal of its well
support division has been posted to shareholders. The Circular contains a
notice of a general meeting (the "General Meeting") of Wood Group to consider
and, if thought fit, to pass a resolution approving the disposal of the Well
Support Division to GE Energy Manufacturing, Inc.

The General Meeting will be held at John Wood House, Greenwell Road, East
Tullos, Aberdeen AB12 3AX on Thursday 31 March 2011 at 1.00 p.m.

The Circular is available on Wood Group's website at www.woodgroup.com. Copies
of the Circular are available for inspection at the registered office of Wood
Group at John Wood House, Greenwell Road, East Tullos, Aberdeen AB12 3AX and at
the offices of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY during
normal business hours on any weekday (UK public holidays excepted) with effect
from today until the conclusion of the General Meeting.

A copy of the Circular 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:

Wood Group
Allister Langlands, Chief Executive
Alan Semple, Group Finance Director
Nick Gilman, Group Head of Communications & Investor Relations
Tel: [phone]

Credit Suisse (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker)
James Leigh-Pemberton
Tristan Lovegrove
Tel: [phone]

J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker)
Michael Wentworth-Stanley
Robert Constant
Tel: [phone]

Brunswick (Public Relations)
Patrick Handley
Nina Coad
Tel: [phone]