DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)
The Company was notified on 30 June 2010 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 30 June 2010 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
(a) that 54,619 shares were purchased and allocated at £11.2127 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 46,260 shares at £11.2127 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.
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 |
|
Colin Hood Director |
11 |
6 |
134,600 |
Ian Marchant Director |
11 |
6 |
225,447 |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
11 |
6 |
98,560 |
Gregor Alexander Director |
11 |
6 |
89,860 |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
11 |
6 |
N/A |
Adrian Pike PDMR |
11 |
6 |
N/A |
Paul Smith PDMR |
11 |
6 |
N/A |
IRISH SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
The Company was notified on 1 July 2010 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the administrator of this Plan, of the following purchases on 30 June 2010 in the Company's ordinary shares.
(a) that 2,645 shares were purchased and allocated at £11.2079 per share using participating employees' net salary ('Partnership and Excess Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 1,711 shares at £11.2079 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 1 Matching Share 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 quarterly purchase of Partnership Shares.
The Company is obliged to disclose the following transaction by Paul Dowling, PDMR:
PDMR |
SIP Purchases |
|
Number of Partnership / Excess Shares |
Number of Matching Shares |
|
Paul Dowling |
33 |
18 |
The Company also announces that, on 30 June 2010, it granted options over a total of 3,862,383 ordinary shares to employees under its all-employee savings-related share option scheme at an option price of £8.71 per ordinary share.
The interests of Executive Directors/PDMRs of the Company in this transaction are as follows:
Director/ PDMRs |
Savings Contract Term |
Number of Options Granted |
Gregor Alexander Director |
5-year |
283 |
Ian Marchant Director |
3-year |
413 |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
5-year |
354 |
Paul Smith PDMR |
5-year |
1,064 |