COATS GROUP PLC
LEI: 2138003SPYWGAITNFY17
21 March 2025
Director/PDMR shareholding
Coats Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 March 2025 that Jacqueline Callaway, Chief Financial Officer and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each ("Shares").
The nil-cost options were awarded on 5 March 2021 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan and vested based on achievement against three-year performance conditions ending 31 December 2024.
| Name | Title | Total number of Shares acquired on exercise of Awards (including Dividend Shares accrued at exercise) | Exercise Price | Number of Shares sold to satisfy Tax and National Insurance Liabilities and dealing costs, such Shares sold at a price per Share of 0.83109112 pence | Number of Shares retained | Resultant holding of ordinary shares held1 |
| Jacqueline Callaway | Chief Financial Officer | 1,000,328 | Nil | 472,040 | 528,288 | 861,777 |
1. Excluding outstanding awards under the Company's Long-term Incentive Plan and Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
The number of Shares retained will remain subject to the two year post vesting holding period and be held by the Corporate Nominee.
The notification below, which has been made in accordance with the requirement of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.
| Enquiry details
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| Investors | Anjali Kotak | Coats Group plc | +44 (0)7880 471350 |
| Media | Richard Mountain / Nick Hasell | FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1374 |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Jacqueline Callaway
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| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, UK emission allowance market participant, auction platform or auctioneer | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Coats Group plc | |||||||||
| b) | LEI | 2138003SPYWGAITNFY17 | |||||||||
| 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 | Share award constituting a right to acquire Ordinary shares of £0.05
GB00B4YZN328
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | 1) Exercise of options under the Coats Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") 2) Sale of shares to cover tax liabilities | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information · - Aggregated volume · - Price |
See above See above | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-03- 20
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| f) | Place of the transaction | 1) Outside a trading venue 2) London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
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