Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4633G

Costain Group PLC

07 May 2014

Costain Group PLC

("Costain" or "the Group")

Results 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 21 March 2014 was passed on a show of hands. The number of shares in issue at the voting record date was 100,989,714 ordinary shares.

The proxy figures for the resolutions were as follows:

TOTAL VOTES

CAST

VOTES

FOR

% of Votes Cast

VOTES AGAINST

% of Votes Cast

VOTES WITHHELD

Resolution 1

59,745,545

58,466,265

97.86%

1,279,280

2.14%

4,224

Resolution 2

57,166,028

56,958,321

99.64%

207,707

0.36%

2,583,741

Resolution 3

57,032,668

55,549,707

97.40%

1,482,961

2.60%

2,717,101

Resolution 4

59,629,327

59,535,640

99.84%

93,687

0.16%

120,442

Resolution 5

59,701,881

59,617,712

99.86%

84,169

0.14%

47,888

Resolution 6

59,711,528

59,549,361

99.73%

162,167

0.27%

38,241

Resolution 7

59,706,752

59,623,169

99.86%

83,583

0.14%

43,017

Resolution 8

59,504,161

57,879,833

97.27%

1,624,328

2.73%

245,608

Resolution 9

59,362,524

59,038,839

99.45%

323,685

0.55%

387,245

Resolution 10

59,736,052

59,651,854

99.86%

84,198

0.14%

13,535

Resolution 11

59,721,456

58,280,948

97.59%

1,440,508

2.41%

28,313

Resolution 12

58,439,201

58,275,562

99.72%

163,639

0.28%

1,310,568

Resolution 13

59,748,099

58,925,387

98.62%

822,712

1.38%

1,669

Notes:

1. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' the Resolutions, nor the total votes cast.

3. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'For' totals.

A copy of this announcement confirming the proxy figures will be available on the Company's website.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of Resolutions 10, 11, 12 and 13 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. In addition, copies of these Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House.

07 May 2014

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