Director/PDMR Shareholding
Plant Health Care PLC
18 January 2007
18 January 2007
PLANT HEALTH CARE PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
ALLOTMENT OF SHARES/ DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION
On 17 January 2007, the Company approved the following allotment of ordinary
shares of 1p ('Ordinary Shares') to certain non-executive directors, in
accordance with the Company's existing contractual arrangements, which comprise
part of the non-executive directors' remuneration packages and are payable in
lieu of a part of their salary. The shares were allotted at 224p per share,
calculated at the closing middle market price derived from the Daily Official
List on 17 January 2007.
Non-executive Value of remuneration Number of Ordinary
director used to purchase Shares allotted
shares
Dr Albert Fischer £8,125.00 3,627
Dr Robert Chanson £6,875.00 3,069
Thomas Isler £6,875.00 3,069
ADDITIONAL FEES INCURRED BY DIRECTORS
Also on 17 January 2007, the Company approved the allotment of Ordinary Shares
as set out below to certain of the non-executive directors and the former
Company Secretary in lieu of additional fees they had incurred in connection
with the Company's 2006 capitalisation exercise. The shares were allotted at
224p per share, calculated at the closing middle market price derived from the
Daily Official List on 17 January 2007.
Name Fees incurred re. Number of Ordinary
capitalisation Shares allotted
exercise
Dr Albert Fischer £2,500 1,116
Dr Robert Chanson £2,500 1,116
Samuel Wauchope £5,000 2,232
Catherine Sutton* £500 223
*Allotted in name of Lawnside Limited.
Following the above allotments, the Company was notified today that on 18
January 2007 Dr Chanson had sold 4,185 Ordinary Shares in an off-market
transaction at a price of 224 pence per Ordinary Share. His resultant interest
in the Company is 135,166, which is 0.33 per cent. of the total issued share
capital in the Company.
Following the above-mentioned allotments and transaction, the beneficial
interests of the directors concerned in the ordinary share capital of the
Company are as shown below:
Name Ordinary Share Percentage of Share Options
holding issued Ordinary
Share capital
Dr Albert Fischer 143,371 0.35 225,000
Dr Robert Chanson 135,166 0.33 210,000
Thomas Isler 400,846 0.99 202,500
Samuel Wauchope 52,232 0.12 Nil
Application has been made for 14,452 Ordinary Shares (the 'New Shares') to be
admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on 24 January
2007. The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary
Shares.
Following admission of the New Shares, the total issued share capital of the
Company will be 40,378,424 Ordinary Shares, all of which have voting rights.
The above figure (40,378,424) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Plant Health Care
plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Andrew Wood +44 (0) 20 8866 5702
Company Secretary
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