Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
Close Brothers Group plc (the “Company”) was advised on 6 October 2009 by Stephen Hodges (a director and PDMR of the Company) of the following transactions in the Ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company (“Shares”) undertaken by him on 6 October 2009:
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the exercise of 15,841 nil-cost options over Shares following vesting of these options awarded under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan 2004;
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the call for 43,591 Shares at nil cost awarded under the Company’s Deferred Bonus Scheme;
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the exercise of 77,352 options at 755.8p per Share awarded under the Company’s Executive Option Scheme; and
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the sale of 136,784 Shares at 791p per Share. |
Following the above transactions, Mr Hodges’ total beneficial holding in the Company remains unchanged at 693,469 Shares.