Transaction in Own Shares

Costain Group PLC

22 October 2024

 

 

22^nd October 2024

Costain Group PLC

Transaction in own shares

 

Costain Group PLC ("Costain") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Buyback Programme") announced on 21 August 2024, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange through Investec.

Date of Purchase	21st October 2024
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	25,121
Weighted average price per day (pence)	103.2528
Highest price per share (pence)	103.50
Lowest price per share (pence)	103.00

The purchased Ordinary Shares will be cancelled. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Costain has now purchased 7,476,056 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for cancellation under the Buyback Programme.  Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased Ordinary Shares, the Group's total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 271,008,981 Ordinary Shares.

Details of Trades:

 

   Aggregate information

Venue	Volume-weighted average price (p)	Aggregated volume	Lowest price per share (p)	Highest price per share (p)
XLON	103.2528	25,121	103.00	103.50

Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Investec on behalf of Costain as part of the Buyback Programme.

Date and time of each trade	Number of shares purchased	Price (pence per share)	Trading Venue	Transaction Reference Number
21 October 2024 11:00:46	1,527	103.50	XLON	00305708817TRLO1
21 October 2024 11:01:32	1,586	103.50	XLON	00305708841TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:24	1,512	103.00	XLON	00305711364TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:24	1,511	103.00	XLON	00305711365TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:24	1,511	103.00	XLON	00305711366TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:31	804	103.50	XLON	00305711367TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:31	7,640	103.50	XLON	00305711368TRLO1
21 October 2024 12:26:31	1,142	103.50	XLON	00305711369TRLO1
21 October 2024 15:55:39	4,733	103.00	XLON	00305719289TRLO1
21 October 2024 15:55:39	1,578	103.00	XLON	00305719290TRLO1
21 October 2024 15:55:39	1,446	103.00	XLON	00305719291TRLO1
21 October 2024 15:55:39	131	103.00	XLON	00305719292TRLO1

Enquiries:

 

Investors and analysts Paul Sharma, Costain	[e-mail] [phone]
Financial media - Headland Andy Rivett-Carnac Charlie Twigg	[e-mail] [phone] [phone]

Issuer name: Costain Group PLC

LEI: 213800PKIJBZ2EDTKC88

ISIN: GB00B64NSP76

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Investec

Intermediary Code: MIDLGB22XXX

Timezone: BST

Currency: GBp

 

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