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Castelnau Group Ltd - First day of dealings

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London, October 14

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA.

18 October 2021

Castelnau Group Limited

(the "Company")

First day of dealings

Further to the announcement on 14 October 2021, Castelnau Group Limited (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that 177,552,719 Ordinary Shares will be admitted to the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market at 8.00 a.m. today.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company in issue immediately following Admission is 177,552,719. The total voting rights figure can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority. On Admission the Directors will, in aggregate, hold 0.07% of the issued share capital of the Company. PDMR Notifications are set out at the bottom of this announcement.

Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited (“Phoenix” or the “Investment Manager”) is the Investment Manager to the Company, led by Gary Channon (CIO and CEO of Phoenix). Phoenix manages approximately £1.3 billion across three funds; the Phoenix UK Fund, Aurora Investment Trust Plc, and the Huginn Fund.

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at www.castelnaugroup.com

Enquiries:

Phoenix Asset Management Limited +44 (0) 208 600 0100 Gary Channon Steve Tatters Lorraine Smyth
Liberum Capital Limited +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 Darren Vickers Owen Matthews Will King
Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 Chris Barrie Caroline Merrell Toby Moore

Notes:

The Company’s LEI is: 213800PED8RFUBMK1T64.

Save for expressions defined in this announcement, words and expressions defined in the Prospectus shall have the same meaning in this announcement.

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at www.castelnaugroup.com. Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content on any website accessible from hyperlinks on its website for any other website, is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

Important Information

Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Liberum is acting exclusively for the Company in connection with the matters described in this announcement and are not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as their respective client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to its clients or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.  This does not exclude any responsibilities or liabilities of Liberum under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") or the regulatory regime established thereunder.

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associateda)Name:Joanna Duquemin Nicolle2Reason for the notificationa)Position/status:Non-executive Directorb)Initial notification /Amendment:Initial3Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitora)NameCastelnau Group Limitedb)LEI213800PED8RFUBMK1T644Details 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 conducteda)Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification codeOrdinary Shares of no par valueb)Nature of the transactionGG00BMWWJM28c)Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£1.00	75,000

d)Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

- Total value

75,000

£1.00

£75,000.00e)Date of the transaction18 October 2021f)Place of the transactionLondon

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associateda)Name:Adrian Peacegood2Reason for the notificationa)Position/status:PCA - Husband of Non-Executive Chair, Joanne Peacegoodb)Initial notification /Amendment:Initial3Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitora)NameCastelnau Group Limitedb)LEI213800PED8RFUBMK1T644Details 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 conducteda)Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification codeOrdinary Shares of no par valueb)Nature of the transactionGG00BMWWJM28c)Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£1.00	10,000

d)Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

- Total value

10,000

£1.00

£10,000.00e)Date of the transaction18 October 2021f)Place of the transactionLondon

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associateda)Name:Andrew Whittaker2Reason for the notificationa)Position/status:Non-Executive Directorb)Initial notification /Amendment:Initial3Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitora)NameCastelnau Group Limitedb)LEI213800PED8RFUBMK1T644Details 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 conducteda)Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification codeOrdinary Shares of no par valueb)Nature of the transactionGG00BMWWJM28c)Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£1.00	40,000

d)Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

- Total value

40,000

£1.00

£40,000.00e)Date of the transaction18 October 2021f)Place of the transactionLondon