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Costain Group PLC05 November 2007 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Costain Group PLCexisting shares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) x An acquisition or disposal of voting rights An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify):______________ UEM Builders Berhad 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notificationobligation: Rood Nominees Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from3): 26 October 2007 5. Date of transaction (and date on which thethreshold is crossed or reached if different): 26 October 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 22% 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:8: Notified DetailsA: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares triggering transaction Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights Percentage ofIf possible use shares voting shares voting rightsISIN code rights Direct Indirect Direct IndirectGB0002272184 125,354,541 35 0 0 138,108,505 0 22 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights Percentage of votinginstrument period/date that may be acquired rights (if the instrument exercised/converted)- Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights138,108,505 22 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable:UEM Builders Berhad owns 93 per cent. of Daedalus Projects Limited which holds 138,108,505 shares inCostain Group PLC. These shares are registered in the name of Daedalus Projects Limited's nominee,Rood Nominees Limited. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder willcease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: 13. Additional information: The number of UEM Builders' voting rights has been calculated on the basis of Costain Group PLC's issued share capital following completion of the Rights Issue as published in the prospectus, namely 625,154,761 ordinary shares.14 Contact name: Sharifah Shafiqa Salim 15. Contact telephone name: 0060327189990 Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligationFull name (including legal form for legal Sharifah Shafiqa Salimentities)Contact address (registered office for legal UEM Builders Berhad, First Floor, MCOBAentities) Building, Jalan Syed Putra, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPhone number 0060327189990Other useful information (at least legal Joint Company Secretary of UEM Builders Berhad,representative for legal persons) parent company of Daedalus Projects Limited.A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligationFull name (including legal form of legal entities) Contact address (registered office for legal entities) Phone number & email Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicableFull name Contact address Phone number & email Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person orlegal entity subject to the notification obligation) C: Additional information This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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