AGM Statement

Scott Wilson Group plc
17 October 2006

For immediate release                                            17 October 2006

                             Scott Wilson Group plc

                        AGM Statement and Trading Update

At the AGM of the Scott Wilson Group plc ("Scott Wilson"), the international
consultancy offering integrated professional services in the transportation,
property, environmental and natural resources sectors, Geoff French, Executive
Chairman, will make the following statement: -


Highlights


  * Current trading continues to be very strong; market conditions remain
    buoyant.
  * Order book significantly ahead of this time last year.
  * Acquisition of Ferguson McIlveen LLP announced independently today.



Introduction

"This has been a landmark year for Scott Wilson.

In March 2006 the Group completed a successful flotation on the Official List of
the London Stock Exchange. As was stated at IPO, our intention was to float in
order to remove historical constraints to growth, in particular the availability
of working capital, the level of bank debt, the pension deficits and the
requirement to purchase shares owned by retiring employees. The successful
flotation removed those constraints and provided additional working capital,
which has created the opportunity to accelerate our growth rate and improve
profitability.

We have a detailed internal rolling five year plan setting out how we intend to
achieve the Group's medium term strategic objectives. These objectives include
making selective complementary acquisitions in addition to continuing to invest
in organic growth.

Since the flotation we have made considerable progress with several high profile
contract wins. As already announced, these include the Edinburgh Airport Rail
Link with fees of £18m, London Crossrail with fees of £12m, Greece Ionian
Motorway with fees of £12m, and Bahrain Islands Developments with fees of £10m.

Acquisitions

We have today announced separately that we have reached a conditional agreement
to acquire the business and assets of Ferguson McIlveen LLP, a leading
consultancy in Northern Ireland, for a consideration of £10.1m. The acquisition
is expected to be completed on 1 November 2006. The acquisition represents an
important step in line with our strategy to pursue selective acquisitions which
introduce new technical disciplines, enhance existing technical skills or
present growth opportunities in our core sectors or target geographical markets,
with North and South Ireland having been key target markets identified at the
time of our flotation.

The acquisition of Ferguson McIlveen LLP follows the acquisition of the minority
interest in Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering Ltd in May 2006 and the
acquisition of Roscoe Postle Associates in June 2006.

We will continue to target further, earnings enhancing, acquisitions where these
help us to develop new skills, markets and clients.


Current Trading

Turning to trading, last year was an excellent one for the Group. Our financial
results showed a continuing significant improvement in revenue, operating profit
and operating margin. In addition our order book grew to a new record level. Our
performance for the year as a whole slightly exceeded the Board's expectations
set at the time of flotation.

The Board is pleased to report that trading in the first five months of the
current financial year ending 30 April 2007 is in line with expectations,
remaining strong with the Group's order book significantly ahead of this time
last year. Our recent acquisitions have been integrated into the Group's
structure and are already making significant contributions to the business.

Market conditions in all our key sectors remain buoyant. The Board, therefore,
remains confident about Scott Wilson's prospects for the current financial year
and beyond.

Scott Wilson intends to issue its interim results for the six months ended 31
October 2006 in January 2007."

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For further information please contact:

Scott Wilson Group plc                            www.scottwilson.com
Geoff French, Chairman                            01256 310200
Stephen Kimmett, Finance Director

Smithfield                                        020 7360 4900
Katie Hunt

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Notes to Editors:

Scott Wilson is a leading international consultancy offering integrated services
for civil and structural engineering projects, transportation, environmental
studies and institutional development. It was ranked as the ninth largest
UK-owned engineering consultant by fee income for the calendar year 2005 in the
New Civil Engineer 2006 annual Survey.

The Group earned approximately 67 per cent of its revenue over the three years
to 30 April 2006 in the UK and approximately 33 per cent overseas. The Group has
an existing network of international offices controlled through six regional
centres in Warsaw, Johannesburg, Dubai, Delhi, Bangkok and Shanghai/Hong Kong.

Scott Wilson has strong relationships with national governments,
non-governmental agencies, multinational companies and supranational funding
bodies. In the financial year ended 30 April 2006, 30 of the Company's clients
were billed over £1 million and the top 50 of the Group's clients accounted for
aggregate fees of some £100 million.

Important clients and partners include Network Rail, the Highways Agency,
Balfour Beatty, Alfred McAlpine, Cross London Rail Links, English Partnerships,
Defence Estates, tie (transport initiatives Edinburgh), Southern Water, English
Partnerships, Costain, London Underground and the Roads Service Northern
Ireland.

Notable projects on which Scott Wilson has worked in the last year include
London Crossrail, Bangkok Airport, Manchester Airport, Spinnaker Tower, the UK
West Coast Rail Route Modernisation, AsiaWorld Expo, Victoria Station and
Edinburgh Tram.


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