Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2493E
Costain Group PLC
08 May 2013
 



 

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 28 March 2013 was passed on a show of hands. The number of shares in issue at the voting record date was 66,149,839 ordinary shares.

 

The proxy figures for the resolutions were as follows:

 


VOTES

FOR

VOTES AGAINST

DISCRETIONARY VOTES

TOTAL VOTES CAST

VOTES WITHHELD*

Resolution 1

 

28,140,880

3,416

13,887,590

42,911,741

879,855

Resolution 2

 

27,686,608

76,308

13,896,457

42,911,741

1,252,368

Resolution 3

 

28,152,686

62

13,888,397

42,911,741

870,596

Resolution 4

 

28,070,445

55,554

13,896,376

42,911,741

889,366

Resolution 5

 

28,058,926

23,499

13,894,995

42,911,741

934,321

Resolution 6

 

28,113,703

25,299

13,892,362

42,911,741

880,377

Resolution 7

 

27,063,219

788,410

13,884,031

42,911,741

1,176,081

Resolution 8

 

27,416,630

349,797

13,894,895

42,911,741

1,250,419

Resolution 9

 

28,059,162

67,423

13,895,164

42,911,741

889,992

Resolution 10

 

28,035,739

90,614

13,892,034

42,911,741

893,354

Resolution 11

 

28,092,894

25,428

13,898,145

42,911,741

895,274

Resolution 12

27,731,133

270,723

14,015,796

42,911,741

894,089

 

*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.

 

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 and 12 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscot.com/nsm.do. In addition, copies of these resolutions will also be filed with Companies House.

The General Meeting convened at 10.00 a.m. today in connection with the proposed merger with May Gurney Integrated Services plc was adjourned indefinitely. This follows the announcement on 25 April 2013 that the Company intends to lapse the proposed merger at the earliest opportunity (expected to be 29 May 2013).

                                                                                                                                   8 May 2013

ENQUIRIES:

 

Costain Group PLC

Tel: 01628 842 444

Tracey Wood

Company Secretary




College Hill

Tel: 020 7457 2020

Mark Garraway                                                                


Helen Tarbet


 


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