TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS AND PDMRS
DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)
UK SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
The Company was notified on 27 July 2009 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 27 July 2009 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
(a) that 51,056 shares were purchased and allocated at £11.2291 per share using participating
employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a
further 41,374 shares at £11.2291 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees
2 Matching Shares for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 6 Matching
Shares per employee, each month.
The purchase, referred to above, was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the monthly purchase of Partnership Shares.
The interests of Executive directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions were as follows:
Director/PDMR |
SIP Purchases |
Total holding following notification |
|
|
Number of Partnership Shares |
Number of Matching Shares |
|
Colin Hood Director |
11 |
6 |
55,450 |
Ian Marchant Director |
11 |
6 |
209,009 |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
11 |
6 |
89,898 |
Gregor Alexander Director |
11 |
6 |
80,567 |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
11 |
6 |
N/A |
Adrian Pike PDMR |
12 |
6 |
N/A |
Paul Smith PDMR |
11 |
6 |
N/A |
Separately, the Company was notified on 28 July 2009 that one of its PDMR's, Paul Smith, sold 22,685 Ordinary 50p shares on 28 July 2009 at a price of £11.25 per share.