Director/PDMR Shareholding
Media Corporation PLC
12 August 2010
MEDIA CORPORATION PLC
(“Media Corp†or the “Groupâ€)
Director Shareholding
The Board of Media Corp was informed on 11 August 2010 that, on the same day, two Directors of the Group bought shares in Media Corp as follows:
Director | Â | Number of shares | Â | Purchase price | Â |
Total number of shares held |
 | Percentage of issued share capital held | |
Justin Drummond | 517,241 | 2.9p | 26,210,907** | 7.8% | |||||
Nilesh Jagatia | 310,345 | 2.9p | 410,345 | 0.1% |
**Justin Drummond’s holding comprises a direct holding of 23,424,241 shares and an indirect holding of 2,786,666 shares held by his wife
The issued share capital of Media Corp comprises 335,539,117 ordinary shares of 1 penny each.
Further information can be found on the Group’s website, at www.mediacorpplc.com, or by contacting:
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Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com or by contacting:
Media Corporation plc Tel: +44 20 7618 9000 |
Justin Drummond - CEO |
Nilesh Jagatia - Finance Director |
Astaire Securities plc Tel: + 44 20 7492 4750 |
Luke Cairns |
XCAP Securities Tel: + 44 207 101 7070 |
John Grant / Karen Kelly (Broking) |
Bishopsgate Communications Tel: + 44 20 7562 3350 |
Gemma O'Hara/Siobhra Murphy |
Threadneedle Communications Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 9850 |
Graham Herring/Alex White |
Notes to editors:
Quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading media and online gaming group.
The Group has two principal divisions:
Advertising Network - Formed in 1996, Eyeconomy specialises in mass reach campaigns to up to 50 Million unique consumers per month via its own proprietary ad-serving and tracking technology for clients including AOL, Dell and American Express.
Website Publishing - Media Corp has a diversified publishing division specialising in online media and gaming.
The impressive portfolio of websites includes a number of market leading websites, such as www.purple-lounge.com, www.gambling.com, www.onthebox.com, www.sport.co.uk, www.creditcardexpert.co.uk and www.flightcomparison.co.uk.
Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com