Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7662V

Guinness Peat Group PLC

02 June 2008

 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
Change of Directors' Interests
Guinness Peat Group ("GPG") announces the following changes in directors' interests following the allotment of shares on 30 May 2008 pursuant to the 2008 Capitalisation Issue:
1.	Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc
		Allotment	Current Total
	Sir Ron Brierley	4,100,744	45,108,190
	Graeme Cureton	317,864	3,496,514
	Tony Gibbs	563,994	6,203,939
	Blake Nixon	1,069,155	11,760,710
	Gary Weiss	1,387,517	15,262,706
2.	Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes
	As a result of the 2008 Capitalisation Issue, under which a bonus issue of new shares was made at the rate of 1 new share for every 10 shares held, options held under the Company's share option schemes have also been adjusted. As a consequence Directors' interests in the Company's share options are now as follows:

		Total Number of Options Adjusted for 2008 Capitalisation Issue						Exercise Prices adjusted for 2008 Capitalisation Issue		Dates Exercised Between
	Sir Ron Brierley	3,204,087					Between	20.78p - 67.47p		17/10/04 - 10/04/2018
	Graeme Cureton	14,793,885					Between	20.57p - 67.47p		22/03/02 - 10/04/2018
	Tony Gibbs	15,176,089					Between	20.57p - 67.47p		22/03/02 - 10/04/2018
	Blake Nixon	14,397,965					Between	20.57p - 67.47p		22/03/02 - 10/04/2018
	Gary Weiss	15,958,928					Between	20.57p - 67.47p		22/03/02 - 10/04/2018
	Note: As a result of the adjustments there is no change in the economic interests of the Directors in options held under the Company's share option schemes.
3.	Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG remain as follows:
	Interests in the listed securities of Capral Ltd (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange)
			Ordinary			Convertible
			Shares			Notes
	Gary Weiss			93,255		241
	Graeme Cureton			175,000		371
	Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New Zealand Stock Market)
	Tony Gibbs			72,086
Richard Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: [phone]
2 June 2008

 

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