COST Costain Group Plc

Costain Group PLC (the 'Company')

25 April 2024

Scrip Dividend Reference Price

The Company announces that the Scrip Dividend Reference Price for the fully paid shares in the Company to be issued to shareholders who elect to receive the scrip dividend alternative for the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 is 79.08 pence per ordinary share.

The Scrip Dividend Reference Price has been calculated as the average value of the middle market quotations for the Company's ordinary shares as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five consecutive dealing days commencing on the ex-dividend date. The Company's ordinary shares were marked ex-dividend on 18 April 2024.

Further Information:

Shareholders wishing to receive the scrip dividend in respect of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 and who have not already submitted a mandate form should return a mandate form to the Registrar, Equiniti, Share Dividend Team, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA by 3 May 2024.

For more information regarding the scrip dividend including the terms, and to download the mandate form, see Costain scrip. 

If you have already completed a valid scrip dividend mandate form, it will remain valid until you cancel your election and you need not return any further documentation to receive this scrip dividend.

The final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023, including the scrip dividend, will be paid on 28 May 2024 (the dividend payment date), subject to approval at the 2024 Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2024, to the ordinary shareholders of the Company on the register at close of business on 19 April 2024 (the record date).  

For further information, please contact Equiniti on +44 (0)371 384 2268*.  

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