Costain Group PlcLSE: COST

Employee Share Plan

RNS Number : 5976E
Costain Group PLC
08 April 2011
 

Costain Group PLC
("Costain" or the "Company")

Employee Share Plans - Announcement of transactions in ordinary shares of 50p each

The Company announces that on 5 April 2011 it was notified that options to acquire ordinary shares of 50p each in the capital of the Company granted under the Long Term Incentive Plan for 2007 and 2008 had been exercised by persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"). On the same day, some of the resulting ordinary shares were sold to satisfy the tax and national insurance liabilities arising on such vesting. Details are set out below.

Name of PDMR

Number of shares

Option price

Number of shares sold

Number of shares retained

Andrew Wyllie

222,926

£1.00

113,922

109,004

Tony Bickerstaff

128,921

£1.00

65,883

63,038


The exercise of options took place in Guernsey.

The sale of shares took place on the London Stock Exchange on 5 April 2011 at a price of 251p per share.

This announcement is made following notifications under Disclosure Rule 3.1.2. and pursuant to Disclosure 3.1.4.

8 April 2011

Enquiries to:

Costain Group PLC

Tel: 01628 842444

Clive L Franks - Company Secretary

Graham Read - Communications Director

College Hill  

Tel: 020 7457 2020

Mark Garraway

Helen Tarbet


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