Last checked at 23 Mar 2009 16:57
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
Change of Directors' Interests
Guinness Peat Group ("GPG" or the "Company") announces the following changes in directors' interests following the exercise of share options by two of its directors and a disposal by Gary Weiss on the same day:
| 1. | Interests in the ordinary shares of GPG | ||||||||
| Date | Acquired on exercise of options | Shares sold | Current Total at 20 March 2009 | ||||||
| Gary Weiss | 19 March 2009 | 1,348,737 | (1,200,000) | 15,411,443 | |||||
| Blake Nixon | 20 March 2009 | 259,366 | - | 12,020,076 | |||||
| 2. | Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes | ||||||||
| As a result of these exercises of share options, these directors' interests in the Company's share options are now as follows: | |||||||||
| Total Number of Options at 20 March 2009 | Exercise Prices | Dates Exercisable Between | |||||||
| Blake Nixon | 14,138,599 | Between 20.57p - 67.47p | 02/09/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| Gary Weiss | 14,610,191 | Between 20.57p - 67.47p | 02/09/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| 3. | Dr Weiss's interest in the shares of Capral Ltd (a subsidiary company of GPG listed on the Australian Securities Exchange) remain 93,255 Ordinary Shares and 241 Convertible Notes. | ||||||||
Richard Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: +44 20 7484 3370
23 March 2009