BEGBIES TRAYNOR GROUP PLC ('the Company')
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Group announces that on 23 July 2008 the Board has made a grant of share options under the Group's Share Option Scheme to two existing executive directors, John Gittins and Geoffrey Hill. Both option agreements are over 200,000 ordinary 5 pence shares in the Group at the option price of 102.00p. The options are exercisable after three years subject to a performance hurdle requiring an overall increase in the adjusted Earnings per Share over a three year period of RPI plus 6%. The options, if exercised in full, will represent approximately 0.45% of the Group's issued share capital.
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Begbies Traynor Group plc 0161 837 1700
Ric Traynor, Executive Chairman
John Gittins, Chief Financial Officer
Shore Capital & Corporate Limited 020 7408 4090
Guy Peters/Edward Mansfield
Smithfield 020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare/Katie Hunt/Will Henderson