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On 18 May 2026, Van Elle Holdings plc announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Graeme Campbell, exercised options for 242,852 Ordinary Shares at 2 pence each on 11 May 2026. Subsequently, Mr Campbell sold 109,843 Ordinary Shares at 50.5 pence per share to meet the exercise cost and associated tax liabilities. Following these transactions, Mr Campbell's total interest is 208,009 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.19% of the company's issued share capital.
| Date | 18 May 2026 |
| Time | 10:25:05 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 7366E |
Van Elle Holdings plc
('Van Elle', the 'Company' or the 'Group')
18 May 2026
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Van Elle Holdings plc (AIM:VANL) the UK's largest ground engineering contractor, announces it has been notified of the following transactions over ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").
Graeme Campbell, Chief Financial Officer, has exercised options pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Scheme ("LTIP") in respect of 242,852 Ordinary Shares (the "LTIP Awards") at an exercise price of 2 pence per share. Mr Campbell subsequently sold 109,843 Ordinary Shares to meet the cost of the exercise of the LTIP Awards and associated personal taxation liabilities.
The LTIP Awards have been satisfied by way of transfer from the Employee Benefit Trust.
Following these transactions, Graeme Campbell and those persons closely associated with him, are interested in 208,009 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.19% of the Company's issued share capital.
The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Mr Graeme Campbell |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Van Elle Holdings plc |
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LEI |
213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18 |
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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 |
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Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 2p each
ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46 |
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Nature of the transaction |
1. Exercise of options under LTIP 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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1. 2.0p 2. 50.5p
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242,852 109,843
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A
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Date of the transaction |
11 May 2026 |
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Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM |
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For further information, please contact:
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Van Elle Holdings plc Mark Cutler, Chief Executive Officer Graeme Campbell, Chief Financial Officer |
Via Walbrook |
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Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Ed Allsopp Charlotte Sutcliffe Tom Graham |
Tel: 020 7418 8900 |
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Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) James Serjeant Dan Ingram |
Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
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Walbrook PR Limited |
Tel: 020 7933 8780 |
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Tom Cooper Nick Rome |
07971 221 972 07748 325 236 |
About Van Elle Holdings plc:
Van Elle Holdings is the UK's largest specialist geotechnical engineering contractor. Formed in 1984 and listed on AIM in 2016, the Company provides a wide range of ground engineering techniques and services including ground investigation, general and specialist piling, rail geotechnical engineering, modular foundations, and ground improvement and stabilisation services.
Van Elle operates through three divisions: General Piling, Specialist Piling and Rail, and Ground Engineering Services; and is focused on diverse end markets including residential and housing, infrastructure and regional construction - across which the Group has completed more than 20,000 projects over the last 35 years.