BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2004--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) today announced that J. M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert L. Belk, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will give a presentation to investors at the Credit Suisse First Boston Engineering and Environmental Services Conference in New York City on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 8:40 a.m. EDT. A live webcast and a copy of the presentation slides will be available on Shaw Group's website at www.shawgrp.com. A replay of the presentation and a copy of the slides will be available on the website following the presentation.

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management services for government and private sector clients in the power, process, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. A Fortune 500 company, Shaw Group is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and employs approximately 17,000 people at its offices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.shawgrp.com.

The statements contained herein that are not historical facts (including without limitation statements to the effect that the Company or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," or other similar expressions) and statements related to revenues, earnings, backlog, or other financial information or results are forward-looking statements based on the Company's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those anticipated by the Company. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions and are subject to change based upon various factors. Should one or more of such risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A description of some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements can be found in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K and Form 10-Q reports, and on the Company's website under the heading "Forward-Looking Statements". These documents are also available from the Securities and Exchange Commission or from the Investor Relations department of Shaw Group. For more information on the company and announcements it makes from time to time on a regional basis visit our website at www.shawgrp.com.

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