Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0166G

Costain Group PLC

05 May 2011

Costain Group PLC

("Costain" or "the Group")

Result of AGM

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting circulated to shareholders on 30 March 2011 was passed on a show of hands.

The proxy figures for the resolutions were as follows:

	VOTES FOR	VOTES AGAINST	DISCRETIONARY VOTES	TOTAL VOTES CAST	VOTES WITHHELD*
Resolution 1	28,215,100	5,659	79,973	28,944,270	643,538
Resolution 2	25,987,755	1,802,166	77,302	28,944,269	1,077,046
Resolution 3	28,221,850	3,357	77,452	28,944,270	641,611
Resolution 4	27,734,025	70,503	78,710	28,944,269	1,061,031
Resolution 5	27,776,989	429,204	78,895	28,944,269	659,181
Resolution 6	28,175,378	30,647	78,925	28,944,270	659,320
Resolution 7	28,168,663	34,910	81,605	28,944,270	659,092
Resolution 8	27,688,164	71,787	79,761	28,944,269	1,104,557
Resolution 9	28,114,675	40,196	79,851	28,944,270	709,548
Resolution 10	27,967,887	222,258	99,626	28,944,270	654,499

*Note: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's listing rules, a copy of resolution 10 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

5 May 2011

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