Holding(s) in Company
Young & Co's Brewery PLC
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the "Company")
Notifications pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules
and
Notifications relating to a major interest in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and
5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary
shares of 50p each in the Company (ISIN: GB0009882035)
Circumstances giving rise to the notifications
On Friday, 14 September 2007:
1. Stephen Goodyear, the Company's chief executive, exercised his right to
acquire 40,000 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital - he
acquired those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust at 587.5p per
share and has sold 20,990 at 2850p per share and has retained 19,010 of them;
2. Peter Whitehead, the Company's finance director, exercised his right to
acquire 25,000 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital - he
acquired those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust at 587.5p per
share and has sold 13,119 at 2850p per share and has retained 11,881 of them;
3. Torquil Sligo-Young, the Company's human and information resources director,
exercised his right to acquire 15,000 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the
Company's capital - he acquired those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery
Trust at 587.5p per share and has sold all of them at 2850p per share; and
4. Christopher Sandland, the Company's chairman, exercised his right to acquire
12,410 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital - he acquired
those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust at 1137.5p per share and
has sold all of them at 2850p per share.
Notifications pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules
As beneficiaries of the Ram Brewery Trust as members of the Company's
profit-sharing, share option and/or pension schemes, each of Christopher
Sandland, Stephen Goodyear, Torquil Sligo-Young, Peter Whitehead and Patrick
Dardis, the Company's retail director, had an interest in the shares held by the
trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust. Each of the above individuals notified the
Company today, 17 September 2007, of his altered interest in the Company's
shares as a result of events affecting him directly and as a beneficiary of the
Ram Brewery Trust.
Notifications relating to a major interest in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and
5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary
shares of 50p each in the Company (ISIN: GB0009882035)
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Ram Brewery Trustees Limited also notified the Company of the following today,
17 September 2007:
Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the
exercise of options over 92,410 A Shares on 14 September 2007 under the
Company's share option schemes, we, Ram Brewery Trustees Limited, hereby notify
you that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this
notification arose:
A. we held (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments) 819,186 voting rights in the Company, being 11.27% of the voting
rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 911,596 voting
rights, being 12.55%;
B. we held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes
holdings of financial instruments)) 819,186 voting rights in the Company, being
11.27% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we
held 911,596 voting rights, being 12.55%; and
C. we held (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 0 voting
rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights, and this number has not
changed since our last notification.
Of those:
â— 607,063 are held by us directly as a result of 607,063 A Shares being
registered in our name; and
â— 212,123 are held by us indirectly as a result of:
(a) 35,423 A Shares being registered in the name of Cazenove Nominees Limited;
and
(b) 176,700 A Shares being registered in the name of Chase (GA External Pension)
Nominees Limited A/C 30.
Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same
meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A'
ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company.
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Torquil Sligo-Young also notified the Company of the following today, 17
September 2007:
Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the
exercise by me of options over 15,000 A Shares on 14 September 2007 and the sale
of the resulting shares at £28.50 per share on 14 September 2007, I, Torquil
Charles fflorance Barrow Sligo-Young, hereby notify you that immediately after
the time when the obligation to make this notification arose:
A. I held or am about to hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect
holder of financial instruments) 1,006,440 voting rights in the Company, being
13.85% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I
held 1,021,440 voting rights, being 14.06%;
B. I held or am about to hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding
for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 977,400 voting rights in
the Company, being 13.45% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification
informed you that I held 977,400 voting rights, being 13.45%; and
C. I held (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 29,040 voting
rights in the Company, being 0.40% of the voting rights, whereas my last
notification informed you that I held 44,040 voting rights, being 0.61%.
Of those:
â— 65,117 are held by me directly as a result of 65,117 A Shares being registered
in my name - an additional, 2,000 A Shares are in the process of being
registered in my name;
â— 804,183 are held by me directly as a result of 804,183 A Shares being
registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young, James Guillaume
Allen Young and me;
â— 106,100 are held by me indirectly as a result of 106,100 A Shares being
registered in the name of Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited; and
â— 29,040 are held by me as a result of my holding the following financial
instruments, namely options over 29,040 A Shares under the Company's unapproved
executive share option scheme, all of which options are exercisable now but
whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2008 (in respect of 15,000 of
them) and on 5 July 2014 (in respect of 14,040 of them).
Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same
meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A'
ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company.
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Anthony Schroeder
Company Secretary
17 September 2007