Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6024K

Costain Group PLC

11 April 2018

 

 

Costain Group PLC

(the "Company")

 

EXERCISE OF NIL COST OPTIONS

(a)   Total Beneficial Holding of Shares

Costain announces that, following the exercise of share awards granted under the Company's 2014 Share Deferral Plan as detailed in section (b) below, the following Directors held the number of ordinary shares of 50 pence each in the share capital of the Company (the "Shares") as set out in the table below:

Name of Director	Total beneficial holding of Shares held prior to the transactions detailed in the section below	Total beneficial holding of Shares held following the transactions detailed in the section below
Andrew Wyllie	438,357	452,777
Anthony Bickerstaff	247,154	256,767

(b)        Share Deferral Plan

On 06 April 2016, awards were granted under the Costain Group PLC 2014 Share Deferral Plan to certain Directors of the Company. The awards were granted in the form of options with a nil exercise price over a fixed number of Shares (the "Awards"). No consideration was paid for the grant of the Awards. The Awards became exercisable on 06 April 2018 for a period of ten years from the date of grant.

On 09 April 2018, the Company was advised that ACS HR Solutions Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited, as Trustee of the Costain Group Employee Trust, had undertaken the following transaction:

On 06 April 2018, the following Directors exercised their Awards to acquire the number of Shares as set out in the table below. As detailed below, the Directors concerned sold a proportion of the resulting Shares, including a number of Shares sufficient to satisfy their income tax and national insurance liability arising on exercise, and retained the remaining Shares.

Name of Director	Total number of Shares acquired on exercise of Awards	Exercise Price	Number of Shares sold to satisfy Tax and National Insurance Liabilities, such Shares sold at a price per Share of 460.50 pence	Number of additional Shares sold, such Shares sold at a price per Share of                    460.60 pence	Number of Shares retained
Andrew Wyllie	54,416	Nil	25,576	14,420	14,420
Anthony Bickerstaff	36,276	Nil	17,050	9,613	9,613

 

The Notification of Dealing Forms set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANDREW WYLLIE
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		CHIEF EXECUTIVE
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	EXERCISE OF 54,416 NIL COST OPTIONS UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL PLAN
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil Cost 54,416
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	06 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

 

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANDREW WYLLIE
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		CHIEF EXECUTIVE
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	SALE OF 25,576 SHARES TO SATISFY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £4.605 25,576
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	06 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANDREW WYLLIE
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		CHIEF EXECUTIVE
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	SALE OF 14,420 SHARES
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £4.606 14,420
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

 

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANTHONY OLIVER BICKERSTAFF
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	EXERCISE OF 36,276 NIL COST OPTIONS UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL PLAN
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil Cost 36,276
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	06 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

 

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANTHONY OLIVER BICKERSTAFF
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	SALE OF 17,050 SHARES TO SATISFY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £4.605 17,050
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	06 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

Notification of Dealing Form

1.	Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	ANTHONY OLIVER BICKERSTAFF
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position /status		GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification / amendment		INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name		COSTAIN GROUP PLC
b)	LEI code		213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76
b)	Nature of the transaction	SALE OF 9,613 SHARES
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £4.606 9,613
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 APRIL 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

 

11 April 2018

Enquiries:

Costain Group PLC                                                                                           Tel: [phone]

Tracey Wood

Company Secretary

Instinctif Partners	Tel: [phone]
Mark Garraway James Gray

 

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