Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9923C

Costain Group PLC

09 May 2012

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 2012 was passed on a show of hands. The number of shares in issue at the voting record date were 65,345,492 ordinary shares.

The proxy figures for the resolutions were as follows:

	VOTES FOR	VOTES AGAINST	DISCRETIONARY VOTES	TOTAL VOTES CAST	VOTES WITHHELD*
Resolution 1	28,358,153	11,617	13,857,454	43,097,552	870,328
Resolution 2	27,868,244	145,473	13,876,384	43,097,552	1,207,451
Resolution 3	28,364,225	2,207	13,860,530	43,097,552	870,590
Resolution 4	28,257,883	93,054	13,863,196	43,097,552	883,419
Resolution 5	27,789,538	561,069	13,861,487	43,097,552	885,458
Resolution 6	28,319,350	40,034	13,856,027	43,097,552	882,141
Resolution 7	27,879,461	107,906	13,858,099	43,097,552	1,252,086
Resolution 8	28,217,056	80,455	13,862,951	43,097,552	937,090
Resolution 9	27,892,149	134,726	13,859,968	43,097,552	1,210,709
Resolution 10	28,259,302	39,479	13,866,269	43,097,552	932,502
Resolution 11	28,048,216	256,146	13,894,128	43,097,552	899,062

*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 11 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

9 May 2012

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