COSTAIN GROUP PLC — AGM Information 2016

May 5, 2016

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Costain Group PLC

05 May 2016

Costain Group PLC

("Costain" or "the Group")

Results of AGM

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 05 May 2016, the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting circulated to shareholders on 31 March 2016 and put to the meeting were passed on a show of hands. The number of shares in issue at the voting record date was 102,100,417 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	65,559,270	65,553,813	99.99%	5,457	0.01%	1,107,347
Resolution 2	65,552,916	65,340,074	99.68%	212,842	0.32%	1,113,701
Resolution 3	65,580,587	65,577,144	99.99%	3,443	0.01%	1,086,030
Resolution 4	65,573,176	65,545,690	99.96%	27,486	0.04%	1,093,441
Resolution 5 (see note 4 below)
Resolution 6	65,572,261	65,548,740	99.96%	23,521	0.04%	1,094,356
Resolution 7	65,171,473	63,995,607	98.20%	1,175,866	1.80%	1,495,144
Resolution 8	65,557,787	65,528,580	99.96%	29,207	0.04%	1,108,830
Resolution 9	65,568,435	65,423,444	99.78%	144,991	0.22%	1,098,182
Resolution 10	65,513,201	65,479,603	99.95%	33,598	0.05%	1,153,416
Resolution 11	65,543,601	64,533,935	98.46%	1,009,666	1.54%	1,123,016

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.

4.   Resolution number 5 was not put to the meeting as it was no longer required, as announced on 06 April 2016.

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 9, 10 and 11 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.aspx.  In addition, copies of these Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House.

05 May 2016

ENQUIRIES:

Costain Group PLC	Tel: 01628 842 444
Tracey Wood Company Secretary
Instinctif Partners	Tel: 020 7457 2020
Mark Garraway
Helen Tarbet

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