RNS Number : 0445R

Costain Group PLC

25 February 2019

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			Costain Group                                      GB00B64NSP76
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						x
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			KBI Global Investors Ltd. As controller of the voting rights directly or indirectly via a subsidiary
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Dublin, Ireland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			KBI Global Investors Ltd Amundi - KBI Aqua Fund KBI Institutional Water Fund AP7 Equity Fund Brunei Investment Agency KBI ECO Water Fund. KBI Institutional Global Sustainable Infrastructure Fund KBI Institutional GRS Fund KBI Global Investors (North America) Ltd KBI Global Investors Aquarius Fund - US KBI Global Investors (NA) Ltd CIT Skellig DST Water Fund Painters & Allied Trades District Pension Fund The Park Foundation Sonen Capital LLC LTW Investments LLC Global Water Solutions Fund
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Amundi-KBI Aqua Fund: Paris, France KBI Institutional Water Fund: Dublin, Ireland KBI Global Investors (NA) Ltd CIT - KBI Global Resources Solutions Fund: Pennsylvania, USA Skellig DST Water Fund: Delaware, USA KBI ECO Water Fund, Dublin, Ireland KBI Institutional Global Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, Dublin Ireland KBI Institutional GRS Fund, Dublin, Ireland KBI Global Investors Aquarius Fund - US Painters & Allied Trades District Council No 35 Pension Fund: Massuchusetts, USA The Park Foundation: North Carolina, USA Sonen Capital LLC: Delaware, USA Sjunde AP7-Fonden, Stockholm, Sweden LTW Investments LLC, Wilmington, USA Brunei Investment Agency, Jalan Kebangsaan, Brunei. Global Water Solutions Fund, Toronto, Canada
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			20/02/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			22/02/2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.9983%			2.9983%	107,031,000
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	3%			3%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B64NSP76		3,209,847					2.9983%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		3,209,847
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			n/a
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlementxii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			n/a

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii				x
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional informationxvi
KBI Global Investors Ltd is an investment management firm, based in Dublin, Ireland, which is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland under MiFID II, and which provides discretionary portfolio management services to institutional investors. On the 1st February 2019, it purchased an additional holding in Costain Group on behalf of the shareholders listed in this form bringing the total holding to the 3% threshold.

Place of completion	Dublin, Ireland
Date of completion	22/02/2019

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