Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9744L

Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC

21 January 2009

 



Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc 

Director Dealings: Security over shares

Following the clarification issued by the FSA on 9 January 2009 relating to PDMR disclosure obligations in respect of the use of shareholdings as security, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc ('the Company' or 'Domino's') announces the following information that falls under this clarification.

Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman of the Company, has on or after the Company was admitted to AIM in 1999, although prior to the Company's admission to the Official List, through a single agreement and as security, pledged 3,590,000 ordinary shares of 1.5625 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') against a personal loan facility. Stephen Hemsley (and trusts of which Stephen Hemsley and his family are potential beneficiaries) holds 6,030,000 Ordinary Shares (representing 3.74% of the issued share capital of the Company).

Colin Halpern, a Director of the Company, has since 1998, before the Company was admitted to AIM in 1999 and the Official List in 2008, through a single agreement and as part of a package of security comprising other assets, pledged 10,507,328 Ordinary Shares in the Company against a loan facility. Colin Halpern (through a company that is wholly owned by trusts, the beneficiaries of which are the adult children of Colin and Gail Halpern) holds 10,507,328 Ordinary Shares (representing 6.51% of the issued share capital of the Company).

Nigel Wray, a Director of the Company, has since first acquiring shares in the Company in 1997, before the Company was admitted to AIM in 1999 and the Official List in 2008, through various agreements and as part of a package of security comprising other assets, pledged 17,877,404 Ordinary Shares against a personal loan facility.  Nigel Wray (and companies which are wholly owned by Nigel Wray and trusts which are beneficially owned by family trusts of Nigel Wray) holds 26,995,118 Ordinary Shares (representing 16.72% of the issued share capital of the Company).

The Company would like to confirm that when pledging their shares none of the aforementioned Directors breached any provisions of the Model Code (Annex 1 to Chapter 9 of the Listing Rules). 

No other Director of the Company has granted security over or entered into any financial instruments relating to any of their holdings of Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Enquiries: 

Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc Adam Batty, Company Secretary	[phone]
Hogarth Partnership Limited Fiona Noblet/ Anthony Arthur	[phone]

 

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