Total Voting Rights and Director Shareholdings

RNS Number : 9211B

W.H. Ireland Group PLC

28 February 2011

 



WH Ireland Group plc

("WH Ireland" or "the Company")

Total Voting Rights and Director Shareholdings

As at 28 February 2011, WH Ireland Group plc has a total of 21,281,388 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue, 211,822 of which are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 21,069,566.

This figure (21,069,566) 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, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Details of ordinary shares and option over ordinary shares held by each of the directors are available in the WH Ireland Group plc annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2010, and are reproduced below. The details below correct previously made disclosures where they differ.

Directors' interests in ordinary shares

		At		At
		30 November		30 November
		2010		2009
CP Compton (appointed 31 January 2011)		250,000		N/A
RA Ford (resigned 31 August 2010)		N/A		150,000
NJ Gurney (resigned 11 November 2010)		N/A		-
R Lane-Smith		26,038		26,038
REM Lee		10,267		10,267
RJG Lowe		737,356		687,356
Lord Marland (resigned 22 July 2010)		N/A		1,392,359
JMF Padovan (resigned 22 April 2010)		N/A		4,415
MA Frame (resigned 11 January 2010)		N/A		18,026
JM Scott (appointed 22 July 2010)		74,575		N/A
AM Kershaw (appointed 1 November 2010)		-		N/A

Directors' interests in options over ordinary shares

	Number of options over ordinary shares	Date of grant of share option	Exercise price per ordinary share	Exercise period
CP Compton	2,128,000	23.07.10	36.75p	06.09.13 to 06.09.20
JM Scott	70,000	16.04.08	108.0p	17.04.11 to 16.04.18
REM Lee	100,000	30.05.02	50.0p	31.05.05 to 30.05.12
REM Lee	20,000	17.03.04	75.0p	18.03.07 to 17.03.14
REM Lee	30,000	25.05.04	70.0p	26.05.07 to 25.05.14

No options were exercised during the fiscal year ended 30 November 2010.

1,207,500 options were forfeited during the year due to individuals leaving the employ of the Company.

For further information please contact:

WH Ireland Group plc	[phone]
Rupert Lowe
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	[phone]
Hugh Morgan/Abhishek Majumdar (Corporate Finance)
Adam Pollock (Corporate Broking)

 

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