The Shaw Group Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Earnings Confe

    Business Editors

    BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2005--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) today announced that a conference call to discuss the Company's first quarter fiscal 2005 financial results is scheduled for Friday, January 7, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time). A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations page of The Shaw Group's website at www.shawgrp.com. A press release announcing the Company's first quarter 2005 results will be issued on January 7, 2005, prior to the call.

    A replay of the call will be available via the Company's website approximately one hour after the call has been completed. You may also access a call-in playback by dialing (800) 633-8284. The call-in playback will be available through the close of business on Friday, January 28, 2005 and the reservation number is 21226900.

    The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation, and facilities management services for the power, process, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. A Fortune 500 company, The 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 Shaw's website at www.shawgrp.com.

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CONTACT: The Shaw Group Inc. Chris D. Sammons, 225-932-2546

KEYWORD: LOUISIANA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: The Shaw Group Inc.

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