Result of EGM

30 June 2011

                              John Wood Group PLC                              
                                (the "Company")                                

                 B/C SHARE SCHEME - RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING                 

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 UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH 
                                    AFRICA                                     

At the General Meeting of the Company held at 12.00 p.m. on 30 June 2011 at the
Company's offices at John Wood House, Greenwell Road, East Tullos, Aberdeen
AB12 3AX, all of the Resolutions set out in the circular published by the
Company on 13 June 2011 in relation to the B/C Share Scheme (the "Circular")
were duly passed on a show of hands. The table at the end of this announcement
shows the proxy votes received for and against each Resolution proposed at the
General Meeting.

The results of the 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 Resolutions 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

Shareholders have accordingly approved the proposed return of £1.40 per
Existing Ordinary Share to Shareholders, by way of one B Share or one C Share
for each Existing Ordinary Share held at the Record Time, and the 7 for 9 Share
Capital Consolidation, in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out
in the Circular.

Elections between the Share Alternatives available under the B/C Share Scheme
must be made in accordance with the terms set out in the Circular and in any
event by 4.30 p.m. on 1 July 2011. An announcement regarding the results of
Shareholders' elections in relation to the B/C Share Scheme and certain related
matters is expected to be made on 4 July 2011.

Following the Share Capital Consolidation proposed to be undertaken as part of
the B/C Share Scheme, there will be 369,375,384 New Ordinary Shares of 4 2/7
pence each in the capital of the Company in issue. Accordingly, application has
been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange to amend
the Official List and to amend the trading line on the London Stock Exchange
respectively to reflect the Share Capital Consolidation. It is expected that
the Official List and the trading line will be amended with effect from 8.00
a.m. on 4 July 2011.

In addition to the Existing Ordinary Shares currently in issue, the Company has
existing unallocated block listings under three of the Wood Group Employee
Share Schemes in respect of an aggregate of 4,827,508 Existing Ordinary Shares.
In order to reflect the Share Capital Consolidation, application has been made
to the UK Listing Authority for 3,754,727 New Ordinary Shares to be listed
under the following Wood Group Employee Share Schemes:

The John Wood Group PLC Long Term       50,717 New Ordinary Shares             
Retention Plan                                                                 
                                                                               
The John Wood Group PLC 2002 Executive  2,032,949 New Ordinary Shares          
Share Option Scheme                                                            
                                                                               
The John Wood Group PLC 2000 Approved   1,671,061 New Ordinary Shares          
Executive Share Option Scheme                                                  

The following proxy votes were received for and against each Resolution
proposed at the General Meeting:

                                                                               
Resolution number    Votes for /   (% of    Votes        (% of    Votes        
                     discretionary votes)   against      votes)   withheld     
                                                                               
 1. To approve and   315,345,656   99.99%   1,984        0.01%    330,412      
    adopt new                                                                  
    Articles of                                                                
    Association                                                                
                                                                               
 2. To approve the   314,879,450   99.85%   468,190      0.15%    330,412      
    Capital                                                                    
    Reorganisation,                                                            
    the transfer of                                                            
    Deferred Shares                                                            
    and the terms of                                                           
    the Option                                                                 
    Agreement                                                                  
                                                                               
 3. To authorise the 295,416,912   93.68%   19,923,118   6.32%    338,022      
    Directors to                                                               
    allot New                                                                  
    Ordinary Shares                                                            
                                                                               
 4. To disapply      314,943,165   99.77%   722,085      0.23%    12,802       
    pre-emption                                                                
    rights in                                                                  
    relation to the                                                            
    allotment of New                                                           
    Ordinary Shares                                                            
                                                                               
 5. To authorise the 315,159,737   99.94%   185,443      0.06%    332,872      
    Company to make                                                            
    market purchases                                                           
    of New Ordinary                                                            
    Shares                                                                     


Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used in this
announcement shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Circular.

Enquiries:

For further information, please contact:

John Wood Group PLC

Andrew Rose, 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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