SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
The Company was notified on 30 May 2008 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 30 May 2008 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
that 35,823 shares were purchased and allocated at £14.70 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 26,014 shares at £14.70 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 1 Matching Share for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 5 Matching Shares per employee, each month.
The purchase, referred to above, was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the monthly purchase of Partnership Shares.
The interests of Executive directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions were as follows:
Directors |
Number of Partnership Shares |
Number of Matching Shares |
Percentage of issued class |
Total holding following notification |
Total percentage of shares in issue following notification |
Colin Hood Director |
9 |
5 |
0.000002% |
27,996 |
0.003% |
Ian Marchant Director |
9 |
5 |
0.000002% |
119,207 |
0.014% |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
8 |
5 |
0.000002% |
31,380 |
0.004% |
Gregor Alexander Director |
9 |
5 |
0.000002% |
32,658 |
0.004% |
Vincent Donnelly PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Michelle Hynd PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Paul Isgar PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Graham Juggins PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Anthony Keeling PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Ian Manson PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Robert McDonald PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
James McPhillimy PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Adrian Pike PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Brian Smith PDMR |
2 |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
James Smith PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Paul Smith PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Alan Young PDMR |
9 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |