Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7662V
Guinness Peat Group PLC
02 June 2008
 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC


Change of Directors' Interests


Guinness Peat Group ("GPG") announces the following changes in directors' interests following the allotment of shares on 30 May 2008 pursuant to the 2008 Capitalisation Issue:


1.

Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc





Allotment

Current Total






Sir Ron Brierley

4,100,744

45,108,190


Graeme Cureton

317,864

3,496,514


Tony Gibbs

563,994

6,203,939


Blake Nixon

1,069,155

11,760,710


Gary Weiss

1,387,517

15,262,706









2.

Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes




As a result of the 2008 Capitalisation Issue, under which a bonus issue of new shares was made at the rate of 1 new share for every 10 shares held, options held under the Company's share option schemes have also been adjusted. As a consequence Directors' interests in the Company's share options are now as follows:

    



Total Number of Options Adjusted

for 2008

Capitalisation

Issue


Exercise Prices adjusted for 2008 Capitalisation Issue


Dates

Exercised

Between





Sir Ron Brierley

3,204,087

Between

20.78p - 67.47p

17/10/04 - 10/04/2018


Graeme Cureton

14,793,885

Between

20.57p - 67.47p

22/03/02 - 10/04/2018


Tony Gibbs

15,176,089

Between

20.57p - 67.47p

22/03/02 - 10/04/2018


Blake Nixon

14,397,965

Between

20.57p - 67.47p

22/03/02 - 10/04/2018


Gary Weiss

15,958,928

Between

20.57p - 67.47p

22/03/02 - 10/04/2018








Note: As a result of the adjustments there is no change in the economic interests of the Directors in options held under the Company's share option schemes.





3.

Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG remain as follows:




Interests in the listed securities of Capral Ltd (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange)



Ordinary

Convertible




Shares

Notes



Gary Weiss

93,255

241



Graeme Cureton

175,000

371







Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New Zealand Stock Market)




Tony Gibbs

72,086




Richard Russell

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

Tel: +44 20 7484 3370

2 June 2008


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