Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0755D

Plant Health Care PLC

09 September 2008

 

9 September 2008

For immediate release

PLANT HEALTH CARE plc (THE 'COMPANY')

ALLOTMENT OF SHARES/ DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

On 9 September 2008, the Company approved the allotment of 5,693 ordinary shares of 1p ('Ordinary Shares') to the following 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 303p per share, calculated at the closing middle market price derived from the Daily Official List on 8 September 2008.  

Non-executive director	Value of remuneration used to purchase shares	Number of Ordinary Shares allotted
Dr. Albert Fischer  1	£10,000.00	3,300
Thomas Isler  2	£7,250.00	2,393

1    To be allotted in the name of Planet Consulting.

2    To be allotted in the name of Gessner AG.

Following the above-mentioned allotments, the beneficial interests of the directors concerned in the ordinary share capital of the Company are as shown below:

Name	Ordinary Share holding	Percentage of issued Ordinary Share capital	Share Options
Dr Albert Fischer	133,036	0.30	225,000
Thomas Isler	411,687	0.92	202,500

Application has been made for 5,693 Ordinary Shares (the 'New Shares') to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on 15 September 2008. 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 44,857,491 Ordinary Shares, all of which have voting rights.  

The above figure (44,857,491) 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.  

9 September 2008

Andrew C. Wood FCIS  Company Secretary   020 8866 5702
Evolution Securities Limited Tim Worlledge/Tim Redfern Tel: [phone]	Tavistock Communications Jeremy Carey/Matt Ridsdale Tel: [phone]

 

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