TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS AND PDMRS
DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
The Company was notified on 31 March 2009 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 31 March 2009 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
(a) that 52,614 shares were purchased and allocated at £10.9473 per share using participating
employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further
40,498 shares at £10.9473 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 2
Matching Shares for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 6 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.
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
The Company was separately informed on 31 March 2009 that the cash dividends paid on 27 March 2009 were re-invested and used to purchase 81,139 Dividend Shares on 27 March 2009 at a price of £11.17 per share. The purchase was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the re-investment of cash dividends into Dividend Shares.
The interests of Executive directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions were as follows:
Director/PDMR |
SIP Purchases |
Total holding following notification |
||
|
Number of Partnership Shares |
Number of Matching Shares |
Number of Dividend Shares |
|
Colin Hood Director |
11 |
6 |
31 |
28,308 |
Ian Marchant Director |
11 |
6 |
31 |
142,204 |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
11 |
6 |
31 |
31,625 |
Gregor Alexander Director |
11 |
6 |
31 |
46,128 |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
11 |
6 |
32 |
N/A |
Adrian Pike PDMR |
12 |
6 |
19 |
N/A |
Paul Smith PDMR |
11 |
6 |
31 |
N/A |