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