Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rightmove Plc 16 March 2006 Rightmove plc 16 March 2006 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS For the purposes of section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and Paragraph 3.1.4R of the Disclosure Rules, Rightmove plc (the 'Company') announces that: (1) on 16 March 2006 the following directors of the Company acquired ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a price per share of 335p: Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares Percentage of the purchased Company's issued share capital Jonathan Agnew 40,298(a) 0.03% Nigel Cooper 35,820 0.03% As a result of these acquisitions, the respective interests in Ordinary Shares of Mr Agnew and Mr Cooper are as set out above; (2) the following directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR') of the Company have been granted options to acquire Ordinary Shares under the rules of the Rightmove Approved Executive Share Option Plan (the 'Approved Plan') and the Rightmove Unapproved Executive Share Option Plan (the 'Unapproved Plan') Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares Total number of granted under option Ordinary Shares over which options are held Scott Forbes 1,988,729(b) 1,988,729 Ed Williams 1,988,729(c) 3,510,029 Nick McKittrick 994,364(c) 1,984,364 Graham Zacharias 994,364(c) 994,364 Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares Total number of granted under option Ordinary Shares over which options are held Paul Creffield 397,746(c) 397,746 Scott Marshall 265,164(c) 265,164 Justin Figgins 265,164(c) 265,164 Miles Shipside 265,164(c) 1,255,164 Options under the Approved Plan were granted on 14 March 2006 and are exercisable at 410p per Ordinary Share. Options under the Unapproved Plan were granted on 15 March 2006 and are exercisable at an exercise price of 335p per Ordinary Share. No amount was payable in respect of the grant of any of these options. Options granted under the Approved Plan to the directors and PDMRs specified above are normally exercisable in three equal (so far as practicable) tranches commencing on the third, fourth and fifth anniversary of 14 March 2006. Options granted under the Unapproved Plan to the directors and PDMRs specified above (other than Scott Forbes) are normally exercisable in three equal (so far as practicable) tranches commencing on the third, fourth and fifth anniversary of 15 March 2006. The options granted to Scott Forbes under the Unapproved Plan are normally exercisable in three equal (so far as practicable) tranches commencing on the first, second and third anniversary of 15 March 2006; (3) on 15 March 2006, in accordance with the offer made pursuant to the prospectus published by the Company on 22 February 2006, the following directors and PDMR of the Company sold Ordinary Shares at 335p per Ordinary Share: Name of No. of No. of Ordinary Percentage of the Director Ordinary Shares held Company's issued Shares sold after sale share capital after sale Ed Williams 970,200 1,185,800 0.9% Nick McKittrick 689,333 388,667 0.3% Name of PDMR No. of No. of Ordinary Percentage of the Ordinary Shares held Company's issued Shares sold after sale share capital after sale Miles Shipside 689,333 388,667 0.3% (4) on 15 March 2006, Scott Marshall, a PDMR, exercised options over 774,400 Ordinary Shares at an aggregate exercise price of £124,952.96. These options were granted to Mr Marshall on 30 July 2004 under the Company's Enterprise Management Scheme. As a result of the exercise of these options, Mr Marshall's interest in Ordinary Shares (excluding the options granted under the Approved Plan and Unapproved Plan outlined above) is 774,400 Ordinary Shares representing 0.6 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Notes: All calculations are based on the Company having 129,156,718 Ordinary Shares in issue after the completion of the transactions referred to in this notification and other exercises of options under the Company's Enterprise Management Scheme. (a) 30,000 Ordinary Shares are held beneficially by Mr Agnew's wife, with the remainder held by Mr Agnew. (b) All options granted pursuant to the Unapproved Plan. (c) 7,317 Ordinary Shares are subject to an option granted pursuant to the Approved Plan, with the remainder being subject to an option granted pursuant to the Unapproved Plan. Graham Zacharias Company Secretary 16 March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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