F W THORPE PLC
DIRECTOR'S SHAREHOLDING
In accordance with the Companies Acts and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company announces that on 1 May 2009, Mr A B Thorpe exercised 30,000 share options representing 0.26 percent of the voting share capital. The shares exercised relate to the Company's unapproved share option scheme and have been exercised at a price of 117 pence per share.
Following this transaction, Mr A B Thorpe has a beneficial interest in 2,818,843 shares, representing 24.04 percent of the voting share capital of the company.
The shares relating to the exercise of this share option were issued from shares held in Treasury by the Company. Following this transaction the Company holds 170,000 Ordinary Shares in Treasury, and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 11,723,559.
The figure of 11,723,559 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
F W Thorpe Plc 01527583200
P D Mason
Financial Director
Brewin Dolphin Limited - Nominated Adviser 0845 270 8613
Andrew Kitchingman
Sean Wyndham-Quin