25 March 2010
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a)
1) The Company was notified on 24 March 2010 by the Administrators of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") that on 19 March 2010, following the re-investment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2009, the following Directors/ PDMRs (or their connected persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan at a price of 330.87p per share. The number of shares received is as follows:
Director/PDMR |
No. of shares received |
R J Broadbent |
59 |
M D Harding |
211 |
A P Jenkins |
54 |
C G Lucas |
412 |
C L Turner |
447 |
2) The independent nominee of the Barclays Corporate Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 25 March 2010 that it had on 19 March 2010 exercised its discretion and re-invested the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2009 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 362.18p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:
Director/PDMR |
No. of shares received |
R Le Blanc |
451 |
C Turner |
72 |
The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions is as follows:
Director |
|
Beneficial Holding |
|
Non-Beneficial Holding |
R J Broadbent |
|
36,693 |
|
- |
C G Lucas |
|
185,973 |
|
- |