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RNS Number : 2849Z

Costain Group PLC

13 March 2017

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     Total beneficial holding 
                           holding of Shares    of Shares held following 
                           held prior to        the transactions detailed 
                           the transactions     in the section below 
                           detailed in the 
                           section below 
-----------------------  -------------------  --------------------------- 
 
   Andrew Wyllie                406,508                  420,166 
-----------------------  -------------------  --------------------------- 
 
   Anthony Bickerstaff          224,826                  234,342 
-----------------------  -------------------  --------------------------- 
 
   (b)        Share Deferral Plan 

On 09 March 2015, 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 09 March 2017 for a period of ten years from the date of grant.

On 10 March 2017, 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 09 March 2017, 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           Total       Exercise       Number of         Number of        Number of 
       of            number        Price       Shares sold        additional     Shares retained 
    Director        of Shares                   to satisfy       Shares sold, 
                    acquired                 Tax and National    such Shares 
                   on exercise                  Insurance          sold at 
                    of Awards                  Liabilities,        a price 
                                               such Shares        per Share 
                                                sold at a        of 413.2105 
                                                price per           pence 
                                                 Share of 
                                               415.00 pence 
---------------  -------------  ---------  ------------------  --------------  ----------------- 
 
   Andrew 
   Wyllie             51,540        Nil           24,224            13,658            13,658 
---------------  -------------  ---------  ------------------  --------------  ----------------- 
 
   Anthony 
   Bickerstaff        35,910        Nil           16,878             9,516            9,516 
---------------  -------------  ---------  ------------------  --------------  ----------------- 
 

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                         CHIEF EXECUTIVE 
       /status 
---  -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification             INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 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                ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument              ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                      EXERCISE OF 51,540 NIL COST OPTIONS 
       the transaction                UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL 
                                      PLAN 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                        Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                  ----------  ---------- 
                                       Nil Cost    51,540 
                                      ----------  ---------- 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                     N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                     09 MARCH 2017 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 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                         CHIEF EXECUTIVE 
       /status 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification             INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 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                ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument              ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of                      SALE OF 24,224 SHARES TO SATISFY 
       the transaction                TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s)                        Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                  ----------  ---------- 
                                       GBP4.15     24,224 
                                      ----------  ---------- 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                     N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                     09 MARCH 2017 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 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                         CHIEF EXECUTIVE 
       /status 
---  -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification             INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 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                ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument              ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                      SALE OF 13,658 SHARES 
       the transaction 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                        Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                  ----------  ---------- 
                                       GBP4.13     13,658 
                                      ----------  ---------- 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                     N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                     10 MARCH 2017 
---  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 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                        GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR 
       /status 
---  ------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification            INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  ------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 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               ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument             ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                     EXERCISE OF 35,910 NIL COST OPTIONS 
       the transaction               UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL 
                                     PLAN 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                       Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                 ----------  ---------- 
                                      Nil Cost    35,910 
                                     ----------  ---------- 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                    N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                    09 MARCH 2017 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 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                        GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR 
       /status 
---  ------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification            INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  ------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 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               ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument             ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of                     SALE OF 16,878 SHARES TO SATISFY 
       the transaction               TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s)                       Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                 ----------  ---------- 
                                      GBP4.15     16,878 
                                     ----------  ---------- 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                    N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                    09 MARCH 2017 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 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                        GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR 
       /status 
---  ------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification            INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
       / amendment 
---  ------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 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               ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument             ISIN: GB00B64NSP76 
       Identification 
       code 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of                     SALE OF 9,516 SHARES 
       the transaction 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)                       Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)                 ----------  ---------- 
                                      GBP4.13     9,516 
                                     ----------  ---------- 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information                    N/A 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the 
       transaction                    10 MARCH 2017 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of 
       the transaction                LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE 
---  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 

13 MARCH 2017

Enquiries:

Costain Group PLC Tel: 01628 842444

Tracey Wood

Company Secretary

 
 Instinctif Partners                             Tel: 020 74572020 
 Mark Garraway 
  Helen Tarbet 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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