Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Costain Group PLC announced director dealings where Non-Executive Director Fiona MacAulay purchased 4,169 ordinary shares at £1.79 each, increasing her holding to 10,516 shares. Chief Executive Officer Alex Vaughan transferred 415,015 ordinary shares to his spouse at nil cost following the exercise of LTIP and SDP awards, retaining 985,752 shares, which represents 0.4% of the issued share capital and a total beneficial shareholding of 764% of salary.

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Costain Group PLC
30 April 2026
 

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Costain Group PLC (the Company)

30 April 2026

 

 

DIRECTOR/PDMR/PCA DEALING

 

The Company announces that Fiona MacAulay, Non-Executive Director, has purchased 4,169 Ordinary Shares in the Company at £1.79 per share on 29 April 2026. Her resulting shareholding in the Company is 10,516 shares representing 0.003% of the Company's issued share capital.

 

Further to the previous Director/PCA Dealing announcement on 22 April 2026, Alex Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer, has decided to retain the balance of his shares following the exercise of his awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) and Share Deferral Plan (SDP), which vested on 8 April 2026 and 9 April 2026 respectively. Following the sale of sufficient shares to cover the income tax and NI liability arising on exercise (and detailed in the previous announcement), the remaining 415,015 shares were transferred to his spouse on 29 April 2026. Following the transaction, Alex's resulting shareholding in the Company is 985,752 shares, representing 0.4% of the Company's issued share capital. Together with his qualifying LTIP and SDP options, the total value of Alex's beneficial shareholding is 764% of salary (Executive Directors shareholding guideline is 200% of salary).

 

The Notification of Dealing Form set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of Dealing Form

 

1.

Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

FIONA MACAULAY

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position /status

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PDMR)

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 1 PENCE EACH

 

ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76

b)

Nature of the transaction

PURCHASE OF 4,169 SHARES

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.788678

4,169

 

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

 

N/A

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

29 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

Notification of Dealing Form

 

1.

Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

ALEXANDER JOHN VAUGHAN

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position /status

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/PDMR

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 1 PENCE EACH

 

ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76

b)

Nature of the transaction

TRANSFER OF 415,015 SHARES TO SPOUSE

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil Cost

415,015

 

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

 

N/A

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

29 April 2026

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

ALEXANDER JOHN VAUGHAN/ALICE MARY VAUGHAN

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position /status

PCA to CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/PDMR

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 1 PENCE EACH

 

ISIN:  GB00B64NSP76

b)

Nature of the transaction

TRANSFER OF 415,015 SHARES TO SPOUSE

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil Cost

415,015

 

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

 

N/A

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

29 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Investors and analysts

Matt Jones, Costain

 

Matt.Jones@costain.com

+44 (0) 7860 922 341

Financial media - Headland

Andy Rivett-Carnac

Charlie Twigg

costain@headlandconsultancy.com

+44 (0) 7968 997365

+44 (0) 7946 494568

 

 

 

 

 

 

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