These Rules include amendments ratified at the AGM on 31st March 2017.

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1. The club will be known as The Costain Group 21 Club (“the Club”).

2. The Club is formed to enable qualifying members of the Costain Group and its associated and subsidiary companies to meet in social activity.

3. Qualification for membership is open to employees of the Group and its associated and subsidiary companies who have completed fifteen years of service, within the Costain Group. Persons who have joined the Costain Group via a company that has been acquired by the Company must have a total minimum service of fifteen years, including two years post acquisition.

4. Application for membership is to be made, in writing, to the Secretary. Applicants will be duly notified of acceptance providing that their period of service is confirmed.

5. Members who sever their connection with the Group will be eligible to continue their membership.

6. The committee shall consist of the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and nine members, at least one being a retired member. Five members of the committee shall form a quorum.

7. The committee is empowered to co-opt two members during the course of any one year and may also fill any casual vacancy. All past chairmen have the right to attend committee meetings.

8. The Chairman will be elected at any Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) and hold office for a period of up to three years.

9. The Secretary and Treasurer will be elected annually at the AGM.

10. The remainder of the committee, comprising nine members, will retire in rotation after three years’ service.

11. Any retiring officer or committee member may stand for re-election.

12. The committee will meet on at least four occasions during the year and committee members will be given at least four days’ notice of a meeting.

13. The AGM of the Club will be held in March each year, unless agreed to the contrary. All votes and resolutions will be carried by simple majority.

14. Subscriptions to the funds of the Club shall be made as a single consolidated payment for Life Membership. The amount shall be as recommended from time to time by the committee and approved at the AGM.

15. The funds of the Club will be used to subsidise social events, and to provide a suitable in-memoriam charitable donation following the death of a member.

16. All monies of the Club will be banked with Barclays Bank PLC. Cheques will be drawn on the signature of two of the following: Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary, and the necessary signatures will be deposited at the bank.

17. Two honorary auditors will be appointed each year at the AGM, the audit to take place in February. The balance sheet will be presented for approval at the AGM.

18. The committee will maintain contact with the Group Communications Department with a view to publicising the Club’s activities.

19. These rules can only be altered by vote at the AGM.