Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8581R

Costain Group PLC

07 May 2009

Costain Group PLC

('Costain' or 'the Company')

AGM Results

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held today , the resolutions listed below, which were set out in the Notice of Meeting circulated to shareholders on 1 April 2009 (the 'Notice of Meeting'), were passed on a show of hands.

The proxy figures for the resolutions proposed were as follows:

	VOTES FOR	VOTES AGAINST	DISCRETIONARY VOTES	TOTAL VOTES CAST	VOTES WITHHELD*
Resolution 1	166,417,050	1,429,776	774,407	168,626,283	5,050
Resolution 2	167,826,807	25,238	746,934	168,626,283	27,304
Resolution 3a	167,436,098	245,122	804,131	168,626,283	140,932
Resolution 3b	161,942,498	5,718,569	807,031	168,626,283	158,185
Resolution 3c	167,599,749	109,388	772,492	168,626,283	144,654
Resolution 4	167,200,065	112,318	794,169	168,626,283	519,731
Resolution 5	167,015,513	152,135	786,510	168,626,283	672,125
Resolution 6	153,465,230	12,538,980	761,523	168,626,283	1,860550

Resolutions 7 to 10 in the Notice to Meeting were withdrawn as the Board understood that these resolutions would currently command insufficient shareholder support. The Board intends to hold further discussions with the two major overseas shareholders to resolve their understanding of the intent and purpose of these resolutions which are drawn more widely than in previous years, albeit in line with latest institutional guidance.