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15 May 2025 16:40:36
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Costain Group PLC (the Company)
15 May 2025
RESULTS OF 2025 AGM
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 15 May 2025 (the "AGM"), the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on 8 April 2025, were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
As at 6.30pm on 13 May 2025, the number of issued shares in the Company was 272,566,087 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, the resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll in which every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.
The poll results, on which EQ, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer are as follows:
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RESOLUTION
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NUMBER OF VOTES FOR |
% of Votes Cast |
NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST |
% of Votes Cast |
TOTAL VOTES CAST |
% of Issued Share Capital Voted |
NUMBER OF VOTES WITHHELD |
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Resolution 1 Receive the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts |
136,946,541 |
100.00 |
917 |
0.00 |
136,947,458 |
50.24% |
371,514 |
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Resolution 2 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
122,038,548 |
89.03 |
15,034,382 |
10.97 |
137,072,930 |
50.29% |
246,042 |
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Resolution 3 Declare a final dividend |
137,260,549 |
100.00 |
1,383 |
0.00 |
137,261,932 |
50.36% |
57,040 |
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Resolution 4 Re-elect Kate Rock |
124,942,765 |
91.05 |
12,279,743 |
8.95 |
137,222,508 |
50.34% |
96,464 |
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Resolution 5 Re-elect Alex Vaughan |
136,994,523 |
99.93 |
99,269 |
0.07 |
137,093,792 |
50.30% |
225,180 |
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Resolution 6 Re-elect Helen Willis |
136,829,561 |
99.71 |
392,196 |
0.29 |
137,221,757 |
50.34% |
97,215 |
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Resolution 7 Re-elect Amanda Fisher |
135,111,544 |
98.47 |
2,103,294 |
1.53 |
137,214,838 |
50.34% |
104,134 |
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Resolution 8 Re-elect Fiona MacAulay |
121,306,403 |
97.76 |
2,774,387 |
2.24 |
124,080,790 |
45.52% |
13,238,182 |
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Resolution 9 Re-elect Steve Mogford |
135,084,117 |
98.45 |
2,131,196 |
1.55 |
137,215,313 |
50.34% |
103,659 |
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Resolution 10 Re-elect Tony Quinlan |
135,125,294 |
98.47 |
2,103,491 |
1.53 |
137,228,785 |
50.35% |
90,187 |
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Resolution 11 Re-appoint PwC as auditor |
136,922,567 |
99.88 |
167,322 |
0.12 |
137,089,889 |
50.30% |
229,083 |
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Resolution 12 Authorise the auditor's remuneration |
137,191,725 |
99.98 |
27,353 |
0.02 |
137,219,078 |
50.34% |
99,894 |
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Resolution 13 Authorise political donations |
110,277,659 |
80.40 |
26,883,189 |
19.60 |
137,160,848 |
50.32% |
158,124 |
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Resolution 14 Authorise the allotment of shares |
136,684,412 |
99.58 |
581,728 |
0.42 |
137,266,140 |
50.36% |
52,832 |
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Resolution 15 Authorise the renewal of the scrip dividend scheme |
137,173,167 |
99.98 |
28,246 |
0.02 |
137,201,413 |
50.34% |
117,559 |
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Resolution 16 Approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights (general) |
133,956,619 |
97.63 |
3,248,409 |
2.37 |
137,205,028 |
50.34% |
113,944 |
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Resolution 17 Approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisition or capital investment) |
128,105,902 |
93.36 |
9,112,790 |
6.64 |
137,218,692 |
50.34% |
100,280 |
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Resolution 18 Authorise the purchase of own ordinary shares |
137,058,732 |
99.93 |
92,989 |
0.07 |
137,151,721 |
50.32% |
167,251 |
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Resolution 19 Approve the holding of General Meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice |
136,595,047 |
99.50 |
684,001 |
0.50 |
137,279,048 |
50.37% |
39,924 |
Notes:
1. There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM.
2. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).
3. 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.
4. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the 'For' totals.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions passed at the AGM today, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Copies of these resolutions will also be filed with Companies House.
The results of the 2025 AGM will be available to view on the Company's website at www.costain.com.
Enquiries
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Investors and analysts |
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Matthew Jones, Costain |
+44 (0) 7860 922 341 |
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Financial media - Headland |
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Andy Rivett-Carnac |
+44 (0) 7968 997 365 |
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Charlie Twigg |
+44 (0) 7946 494 568 |
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