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Costain : 2026 - Results of Annual General Meeting
Costain : 2026 - Results of Annual General
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RESULTS OF 2026 AGM Costain Group PLC (the Company) LEI: 213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88 14 May 2026 At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2026 (the "AGM"), the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on 2 April 2026, were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. As at 6.30pm on 12 May 2026, the number of issued shares in the Company was 267,747,810 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: RESOLUTION 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 Resolution 1 Receive the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts 122,390,832 99.98 24,892 0.02 122,415,724 45.71% 1,022,025 Resolution 2 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 114,267,912 92.64 9,073,480 7.36 123,341,392 46.06% 96,337 Resolution 3 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 111,771,960 90.57 11,632,858 9.43 123,404,818 46.08% 32,911 Resolution 4 Declare a final dividend 123,369,592 99.97 41,689 0.03 123,411,281 46.08% 26,448 Resolution 5 Re-elect Kate Rock 106,367,997 86.21 17,015,796 13.79 123,383,793 46.07% 53,956 Resolution 6 Re-elect Alex Vaughan 123,058,333 99.73 338,615 0.27 123,396,948 46.08% 40,801 Resolution 7 Re-elect Helen Willis 123,037,680 99.72 344,896 0.28 123,382,576 46.07% 55,173 Resolution 8 Re-elect Amanda Fisher 121,445,358 98.46 1,897,889 1.54 123,343,247 46.06% 94,482 Resolution 9 Re-elect Fiona MacAulay 112,767,824 97.97 2,334,052 2.03 115,101,876 42.98% 8,335,853 Resolution 10 Re-elect Steve Mogford 121,356,715 98.39 1,986,827 1.61 123,343,542 46.06% 94,187 Resolution 11 Re-elect Tony Quinlan 121,476,069 98.46 1,898,071 1.54 123,374,140 46.07% 63,609 Resolution 12 Re-appoint PwC as auditor 123,278,825 99.94 79,306 0.06 123,358,131 46.06% 79,618 Resolution 13 123,318,417 99.94 75,980 0.06 123,394,397 46.08% 43,332 Authorise the auditor's remuneratio...