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

ENQUIRIES:

Costain Group PLC	Tel: [phone]
Tracey Wood Company Secretary
Instinctif Partners	Tel: [phone]
Mark Garraway
Helen Tarbet

 

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