Last checked at 13 Mar 2017 12:12
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
|
406,508 |
420,166 |
Anthony Bickerstaff
|
224,826 |
234,342
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(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 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 415.00 pence
| Number of additional Shares sold, such Shares sold at a price per Share of 413.2105 pence | Number of Shares retained |
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 /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 51,540 NIL COST OPTIONS UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL PLAN | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A
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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 /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 24,224 SHARES TO SATISFY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A | |||||
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 /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 13,658 SHARES | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A | |||||
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 /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 35,910 NIL COST OPTIONS UNDER THE COMPANY'S 2014 SHARE DEFERRAL PLAN | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A
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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 /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 16,878 SHARES TO SATISFY TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITIES | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A | |||||
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 /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 9,516 SHARES | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A | |||||
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
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Mark Garraway Helen Tarbet |
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