Director Shareholdings

RNS Number : 2910A

Origin Enterprises Plc

25 September 2015

 



Directors' Shareholdings

25 September 2015

 

Origin Enterprises plc ('Origin' or the 'Company') announced earlier today that it had been informed by ARYZTA AG ('ARYZTA') that ARYZTA had placed its entire holding of 36,282,338 ordinary shares in Origin, equivalent to 29.0% of the Company's issued share capital excluding treasury shares, at a price of €6.30 per share ('the Placing').  Certain Directors of Origin have purchased ordinary shares in the Company pursuant to the Placing as follows:

          No. of Ordinary Shares Purchased

Declan Giblin                                                                                                                                                     15,000

Imelda Hurley                                                                                                                                                    15,000

Hugh McCutcheon                                                                                                                                            13,000

Tom O'Mahony                                                                                                                                                  23,000

Following the Placing, the number of the Company's ordinary shares held by these Directors is as set out in the below table:

Director	Ordinary Shares Held Before ARYZTA Placing	%*	Ordinary Shares Held After ARYZTA Placing	%*
Declan Giblin	205,227	0.16%	220,227	0.18%
Imelda Hurley	10,000	0.01%	25,000	0.02%
Hugh McCutcheon	32,000	0.03%	45,000	0.04%
Tom O'Mahony	1,441,855	1.15%	1,464,855	1.17%

*    Percentage of the issued share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Origin Enterprises plc

Pat Morrissey

Company Secretary                                           Tel:  [phone]

Imelda Hurley

Chief Financial Officer                                      Tel: [phone]

Murray Consultants

Douglas Keatinge                                              Tel: [phone]

About Origin Enterprises plc

Origin Enterprises plc is a focused Agri-Services group providing on-farm advice and the supply of agri-inputs.  The Agri-Services business through its manufacturing and distribution operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Ukraine and Romania has leading market positions in the supply of specialist agronomy services, crop nutrition and feed ingredients.  The Group is listed on the ESM and AIM markets of the Irish and London Stock Exchanges. 

ESM ticker symbol:             OIZ

AIM ticker symbol:               OGN

Website:                                www.originenterprises.com

 

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