John Wood Group - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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John Wood Group M&A Summary

John Wood Group has acquired 19 companies. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

John Wood Group’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Production Services Network Emirates for $955M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2011, when it sold Well Support Division - John Wood Group to GE Oil & Gas for $2.8B. John Wood Group has acquired in 6 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include construction (43%) and energy services and equipment (16%).

John Wood Group Business Overview

Where is John Wood Group headquartered?

John Wood Group is headquartered in Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

What is John Wood Group’s revenue?

John Wood Group disclosed revenue of 7,564M USD for 2020 and 9,890M USD for 2019.

How many employees does John Wood Group have?

John Wood Group has 38,100 employees.

What sector is John Wood Group in?

John Wood Group is an energy services and equipment company.

When was John Wood Group founded?

John Wood Group was founded in 1912.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity19
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 2

John Wood Group

John Wood Group PLC

15 Justice Mill Lane,
Aberdeen, AB11 6EQ
United Kingdom,
+44 1224 851000
www.woodplc.com

John Wood Group is a provider of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul & repair services to the oil & gas and power generation industries worldwide. Our services are all-encompassing, supporting the full lifecycle of oil & gas and power generation facilities. John Wood Group was founded in 1912 and is based in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 19 - - - - - 19
vol $1.2B $1.2B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 2 1 - 1 - - 4
vol $3.2B $3.2B
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
John Wood Group - Environment & Infrastructure business 2022-09-21 - Divestiture
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
John Wood Group PLC - Industrial Services Business 2020-02-05 - Divestiture
, United Kingdom
John Wood Group PLC - Nuclear Business 2019-08-20 385M GBP Divestiture
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Amec Foster Wheeler plc 2017-10-09 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.amec.com
CEC Controls Co. Inc. 2017-05-24 44M USD Add-on Acquisition
Warren, Michigan · www.ceccontrols.com
Ingenious, Inc. 2016-04-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas · www.ingeniousinc.com
SVT Engineering Consultants (SVT) 2016-04-05 - Add-on Acquisition
West Leederville, Australia · www.svt.com.au
Kelchner, Inc. 2015-12-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Springboro, Ohio · www.kelchner.com
The Infinity Group 2015-12-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Clute, Texas · www.inf-grp.com
Automated Technology Group (ATG) 2015-09-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Bedford, United Kingdom · www.atg.gb.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Agility Group AS 2014-01-01 Agility Projects AS 2014-07-14 1
Sandefjord, Norway · www.agilitygroup.no Sandefjord, Norway

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Construction 8 (42%) 211M (17%) 1 (25%) -
Energy Services and Equipment 3 (16%) 955M (78%) 2 (50%) 3.2B (100%)
Engineering 3 (16%) 14M (1%) - -
Software 2 (11%) - - -
Business Services 1 (5%) - - -
Electrical Equipment 1 (5%) - - -
Machinery 1 (5%) 44M (4%) - -
Environmental - - 1 (25%) -
Total 19 $1.2B 4 $3.2B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 9 80M - -
  Texas 4 - - -
  Wyoming 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 36M - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  Montana 1 - - -
  Michigan 1 44M - -
United Kingdom 4 - 4 3.2B
Canada 2 25M - -
  Alberta 2 25M - -
Norway 2 164M - -
Australia 1 - - -
United Arab Emirates 1 955M - -
Domestic 4 (21%) - 4 (100%) 3.2B (100%)
Cross-border 15 (79%) 1.2B (100%) - -
Total 19 $1.2B 4 $3.2B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
PwC Corporate Finance LLC
1
Legal Deals
Slaughter and May
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.1B
< $100M 4 $106M
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest Production Services Network Emirates LLC
$955M (2011-04-20)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.8B
$100M to $1B 1 $385M
TOTAL $3.2B
Largest Well Support Division - John Wood Group PLC
$2.8B (2011-02-14)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
16%
3 (16%)
Strategic(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

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