Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC
22 October 2004
Issue Date: 22 October 2004
Directors Exercise of Share Options and Dealings by other Director
Domino's Pizza UK and IRL plc ('the Company' or 'Domino's') today announces that
on 21st October it was informed of the following transactions in respect of the
Company's Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company.
Christopher Moore, the Company's Sales and Marketing Director, exercised all of
his outstanding options over 992,275 Ordinary Shares under the Company's share
option scheme as follows:
Number of Ordinary Shares Price per Ordinary Share (pence)
415,654 42.10
207,827 50.00
90,000 53.00
278,794 33.50
In order to fund the income tax payable on the exercise of his options as
referred to below, Mr Moore disposed of 316,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per
Ordinary Share of 200 pence on 21st October.
As a result of the transaction Mr Moore's interest in the Ordinary Shares has
increased by 676,275 to 779,510 Ordinary Shares representing just above 1.4% of
the total issued share capital of the Company.
Also on 21st October, Gerald Halpern, a non-executive director of the Company,
disposed of 350,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of 200 pence.
Following this sale Gerald Halpern is interested in 300,000 Ordinary Shares. Mr
Halpern, aged 71, has also informed the Board of Directors that he will not be
standing for re-election at the next Annual General Meeting.
The Company was also informed that the Trustees of Domino's Pizza UK and IRL plc
Employee Benefit Trust had purchased a further 600,000 shares at a price of 200
pence per Ordinary Share. As a result of this transaction the Employee Benefit
Trust now holds 3,599,921 Ordinary Shares, representing almost 6.6% of the total
issued share capital of the Company.
The Company has today applied for 1,151,827 new Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each
in the Company to be admitted to the trading on the Alternative Investment
Market of the London Stock Exchange ('Admission'). These shares have been
issued pursuant to the exercise of options by certain employees of the Company,
including Mr Moore, under the Domino's Pizza Share Option (Unapproved) Scheme.
Admission of such shares is expected to occur on 27th October 2004. A further
2,049,199 Ordinary Shares in the Company remain the subject of options under the
Scheme.
As a result of the above transactions the number of shares in issue will be
54,810,921.
ENDS
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