AMEC plc - potential acquisition

23 May 2012

AMEC plc - potential acquisition

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces today that it is in discussion with Serco Group plc about the acquisition of Serco's nuclear Technical Consulting Services (TCS) business. TCS provides consulting and project solutions primarily to the UK civil and defence nuclear markets and has annual revenues of approximately £70 million.

There is no certainty that a transaction will proceed. A further announcement will be made in due course.

Contacts:

AMEC plc: +44 (0) 20 7539 5800

Sue Scholes, Director of Communications

Nicola-Jane Brooks, Head of Investor Relations

Media

Brunswick Group LLP: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Mike Harrison

Craig Breheny

Notes for editors:

AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to its customers in the world's oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets. With annual revenues of some £3.3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets and employs over 27,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com.