Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares
Raphael Zorn Hemsley Hldgs PLC
29 March 2000
Raphael Zorn Hemsley Holdings PLC ('RZHH')
Purchase of shares by Directors and grant of options.
RZHH announces that on 28 March 2000 two Directors acquired ordinary shares at
275p per share, as follows:
Director's Position Shares % of Total No of % of Shares
Name in RZHH Acquired shares shares in Issue
in Issue now held
Charles Crick Director 27,100 0.18 277,100* 1.85
Duncan Sweetland Finance 17,000 0.11 45,000 0.30
Director
* Including shares held in a discretionary trust for the benefit of his infant
children
RZHH announces that Great Northern Investment Holdings Ltd acquired 40,000
RZHH ordinary shares at 275p and The Northbridge Fund has acquired 20,000 RZHH
ordinary shares at 275p. David Craig, the Non-Executive Chairman, has a 45%
interest in Great Northern Investment Holdings Limited and a 9% interest in
The Northbridge Fund. David Craig holds a 9.69% interest in Northbridge
Management Holdings which owns 30,000 ordinary shares and is therefore deemed
to be beneficially interested in these shares.
RZHH announces that it has today granted options over 1,040,000 RZHH ordinary
shares, representing 7.0% of the issued ordinary share capital, conditional on
shareholders' approval to a change in the limits of RZHH's two Executive Share
Option Schemes so as to permit the grant of options over 20% of the Company's
issued share capital from time to time. An Extraordinary General Meeting of
shareholders will be convened shortly to approve the increase in the Schemes'
limits.
Of the 1,040,000 options granted over RZHH ordinary shares, 540,000 are
exercisable at 292.5p after 3 years from the date of grant of the options and
not more than 10 years after that date. Included in the 540,000 options are
options granted to two Directors of RZHH, as follows:
Director's Position No of % of Total No of % of Shares
Name in RZHH Options shares shares in Issue
Granted in Issue now held
Charles Crick Director 60,000 0.40 200,000 1.34
Duncan Sweetland Finance 40,000 0.27 105,000 0.70
Director
Of the 1,040,000 options granted over RZHH ordinary shares, 250,000 are
exercisable at 292.5p provided that the mid-market price of RZHH shares is in
excess of 500p for any consecutive 60 day period from the date of grant of the
options to 3 years after that date (and on the date of exercise) and that the
RZHH share price during that three year period and up to the day that the
options are exercised, has outperformed the FT All Share Index. The options
may not be exercised earlier than 3 years or later than 10 years after the
date of grant. These options have been granted to 4 directors of RZHH, as
follows:
Director's Position No of % of
Name in RZHH Options shares
Granted in Issue
Oliver Hemsley Chief 112,500 0.75
Executive
David Craig Non-Executive 56,250 0.38
Chairman
Michael Sinclair Non-Executive 56,250 0.38
Paul Grant Non-Executive 25,000 0.17
Of the 1,040,00 options granted over RZHH ordinary shares, 250,000 are
exercisable at 292.5p provided that the mid-market price of RZHH shares is in
excess of 700p for any consecutive 60 day period from the date of grant of the
options to 3 years after that date (and on the date of exercise) and that the
RZHH share price during that three year period and up to the day that the
options are exercised, has outperformed the FT All Share Index. The options
may not be exercised earlier than 3 years or later than 10 years after the
date of grant. These options have been granted to 4 directors of RZHH, as
follows:
Director's Position No of % of Total No of % of Shares
Name in RZHH Options shares Options in Issue
Granted in Issue now held
Oliver Hemsley Chief 112,500 0.75 475,000 3.18
Executive
David Craig Non-Executive 56,250 0.38 112,500 0.75
Chairman
Michael Sinclair Non-Executive 56,250 0.38 137,500 0.92
Paul Grant Non-Executive 25,000 0.17 50,000 0.33