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COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ENGINEERING TOMORROW ENGINEERING TOMORROW Costain helps to improve people’s lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK’s energy, water and transportation infrastructures. We have been shaping the world in which we live for the past 150 years. Our people are committed to delivery, performance and reliability. UNIQUE BUSINESS MODEL STRONG MARKET FOCUS CLEAR SET OF PRIORITIES PROVEN TRACK RECORD We offer a broad range Our focus is on meeting urgent Our ‘Engineering Tomorrow’ We have a proven history of of innovative services across national needs in three major strategy outlines the core areas delivering results for all our the whole life-cycle of our areas to improve the quality that we are focusing on in order stakeholders – and continue to customers’ assets, through the of key assets and bring benefits to create a sustainable business. create value for customers, society, delivery of integrated consultancy, to end users. our people and shareholders. asset optimisation, technology Our three business areas: and complex delivery services. 1 Order book 2 Our services: 7 Water Consultancy (advisory, design, programme management) 3 £3.9bn Energy 6 Complex delivery 2016 £3.9bn 4 Technology 5 Transportation 2015 £3.9bn Asset optimisation Our customer-centric approach We are focused on the UK 1. Unique customer focus 2014 £3.5bn enables us to become a trusted market which offers a significant 2. Skills and experience 2013 £3.0bn partner to our customers. opportunity for Costain. of the team Central to this is our people and the expertise and professionalism Our ‘Engineering Tomorrow’ 3. Technology they bring, and our ‘One Costain’ strategy involves focusing on integration capability culture, which takes an holistic blue chip customers whose 4. Range of innovative services approach to customer challenges. major spending plans are underpinned by strategic 5. Financial strength +90% national needs, regulatory Repeat business commitments or essential 6. Proven track record maintenance requirements. 4,100+ 7. Reputation, values The markets in which the Costain and responsibility Experts delivering solutions Group is active have, in total, an 40+ anticipated spend of just under, Underpinning everything we do are our values: Blue chip customers Customer focused 1,200 £92bn Open and honest people in technology, advisory per annum of which over Read our divisional and financial or design service roles. Safe and environmentally aware reviews on pages 24 to 27 and Team players 34 to 37 £20bn Accountable Read more about our business per annum is addressable. Improving continuously and model on pages 14 to 15 therefore the ... Natural choice Read more about the opportunity in our markets on pages 16 to 17 Read more about our strategy and performance on pages 18 to 23 STRATEGIC REPORT | GOVERNANCE | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | OTHER INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTS Revenue (including share of joint Underlying operating profit1 STRATEGIC REPORT ventures and associates) 01 Highlights 02 Water case study £41.1m 04 Energy case study £1,658.0m 06 Transportation case study 2016 £41.1m 08 Chairman’s statement 2016 £1,658.0m 10 Chief Executive’s statement 2015 £33.2m 14 Our business model 2015 £1,316.5m 16 Market overview 2014 £28.7m 2014 £1,122.5m 18 Our strategy overview 2013 £27.4m 19 Our performance 2013 £960.0m 24 Divisional review 28 Risk management 30 Principal risks and uncertainties 1 2 Underlying profit before tax Net cash balance 34 Finance director’s review GOVERNANCE £37.5m £140.2m 38 Introduction to Corporate Governance 40 Board of directors 2016 £37.5m 2016 £140.2m 42 Group executive board 44 Corporate Governance report 2015 £29.9m 2015 £108.2m 53 Audit Committee report 2014 £28.5m 2014 £148.5m 57 Nomination Committee report 59 Directors’ Remuneration report 2013 £31.0m 2013 £57.7m 79 Directors’ report 83 Directors’ Responsibility statement 84 Independent Auditor’s report Underlying basic earnings per share1 Total value dividend pay-out FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31.5p £13.2m 88 Consolidated income statement 89 Consolidated statement of comprehensive 2016 31.5p 2016 4.4 8.8 £13.2m income and expense 90 Consolidated statement of financial position 2015 25.1p 2015 3.9 7.4 £11.3m 91 Company statement of financial position 92 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 3 2014 27.8p 2014 3.2 6.3 £9.5m 93 Company statement of changes in equity 94 Consolidated cash flow statement 2013 41.0p 2013 2.5 5.2 £7.7m 95 Company cash flow statement Interim Final 96 Notes to the financial statements 2016 2015 OTHER INFORMATION Revenue 137 Five-year financial summary – Including share of JVs and associates £1,658.0m £1,316.5m 138 Financial calendar and other – Reported £1,573.7m £1,263.6m shareholder information Operating profit 140 Contact us – Underlying1 £41.1m £33.2m – Reported £34.9m £29.6m Profit before tax – Underlying1 £37.5m £29.9m – Reported £30.9m £26.0m Basic earnings per share – Underlying1 31.5p 25.1p – Reported 25.7p 21.8p Net cash balance2 £140.2m £108.2m Dividend per share 12.7p 11.0p 1 Before other items; amortisation of acquired intangible assets and employment related and other deferred consideration. 2 Net cash balance is cash and cash equivalents less interest bearing loans and borrowings. 3 2014 earnings per share benefited from a lower tax charge and was based on a lower average number To find out more about how Costain collaborates with of shares than in 2015. customers on a wide range of contracts, please visit These are the definitions used throughout the Strategic report. our website: costain.com COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 01 STRATEGIC REPORT THE CHALLENGE CUSTOMER Costain is a key partner Thames Water UK in the eight2O alliance – the team responsible for delivering Thames Water’s SERVICES Assets Management Period (AMP) programme. With the Consultancy key objectives of boosting efficiency and lowering Complex delivery costs, Costain is identifying Asset optimisation innovative solutions and utilising the latest technologies to help meet a critical national need by increasing capacity, KEY BENEFITS improving customer service and lowering costs for Thames Improved service delivery Water’s clients. This strong Exceeded regulatory targets offering is one that involves collaborative team-working, Reduced costs innovation and a diverse and experienced skill set. * For more information about our strategic priorities see page 18 to 23 02 COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 STRATEGIC REPORT | GOVERNANCE | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | OTHER INFORMATION WATER DELIVERING A SAFE WATER SUPPLY... Costain is playing a central role in the delivery of the AMP6 five year programme, as part of the eight2O alliance on behalf of Thames Water. Our focus is on improving and maintaining water quality standards, supply resilience and meeting anticipated demographic shifts. Costain is deploying its full range of integrated capabilities to deliver improved customer service, innovative solutions and achieve significant total expenditure efficiency savings. eight2O is a revolutionary platform delivering the AMP programme for Thames Water. We have a fantastic team with a diverse skillset, from design to delivery to asset integration. Working on this programme is a fantastic opportunity for us to develop our presence within the water sector and we look forward to further collaboration in the future.” Craig Reade | Head of Delivery CABV JV of eight2O COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 03 STRATEGIC REPORT ENERGY ...ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY... Ensuring that the UK has a secure and reliable energy mix is another area of national need in which Costain is playing a key role. Following completion of a successful Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project, via competitive tender, Costain was awarded a contract by National Grid to upgrade its Peterborough and Huntingdon compressor stations. The primary driver for the programme is to reduce emissions associated with moving gas around the UK to support EU legislation; added benefits include increased system resilience and reduced overall risk on the National Transmission System by replacing ageing assets with modern, efficient equipment. This has been a fantastic project to be involved with and has been a great demonstration of our project management capabilities including the deployment of technology-based solutions. We are delivering a high quality result for National Grid.” Gerard Shore | Director, Oil & Gas 04 COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 STRATEGIC REPORT | GOVERNANCE | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | OTHER INFORMATION THE CHALLENGE CUSTOMER As both compressors are National Grid adjacent on the National Transmission Service, they cannot be taken out of service SERVICES at the same time. The Costain team has devised a complex Consultancy delivery programme to minimise any impact on the NTS and avoid outages during the winter months. KEY BENEFITS This will ensure National Grid’s customers are provided with Improved environmental a seamless service during the performance and efficiency project and will benefit from Enhanced operational a much enhanced supply when resilience it is completed. Built-in future capacity capability COSTAIN GROUP PLC | ANNUAL REPORT 2016 05 STRATEGIC REPORT THE CHALLENGE CUSTOMER The M1 is one of the UK’s Highways England major road arteries but road users suffer from excessive traffic levels, congestion and SERVICES ultimately delays. Costain has been working to transform Consultancy junctions 28-35 into a Smart Motorway, increasing its Technology capacity, reducing congestion and improving safety. This is achieved by converting KEY BENEFITS the hard shoulder into a running lane, using innovative Increasing motorway technology automatically capacity and reducing to identify congestion and congestion maintain traffic flows using variable speed limits, ensuring Faster journey times enabling roads are run as efficiently as improved productivity possible. The new motorway Facilitating economic growth will be complete in 2017 and along motorway corridors remain maintenance free for 5 years.