Last checked at 8 Jun 2009 15:33
| GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC | |||
| Change of Directors' Interests | |||
| Guinness Peat Group ("GPG") announces the following changes in Directors' interests following the allotment of shares on 5 June 2009 pursuant to the 2009 Capitalisation Issue: | |||
| 1. | Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc | ||
| Allotment | Current Total | ||
| Sir Ron Brierley | 4,647,281 | 51,120,195 | |
| Tony Gibbs | 753,108 | 8,284,192 | |
| Ron Langley | 80,000 | 880,000 | |
| Blake Nixon | 1,249,050 | 13,739,554 | |
| Gary Weiss | 1,541,775 | 16,959,539 | |
| 2. | Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes | ||
| As a result of the 2009 Capitalisation Issue, under which a bonus issue of new shares was made at the rate of 1 new share for every 10 shares held, options held under the Company's share option schemes have also been adjusted. As a consequence Directors' interests in the Company's share options are now as follows: | |||
| Total Number of Options Adjusted for 2009 Capitalisation Issue | Exercise Prices adjusted for 2009 Capitalisation Issue | Dates Exercisable Between | ||||||||
| Sir Ron Brierley | 3,524,493 | Between | 18.89p - 61.33p | 17/10/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| Tony Gibbs | 15,552,458 | Between | 18.70p - 61.33p | 02/09/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| Ron Langley | Nil | |||||||||
| Blake Nixon | 15,552,456 | Between | 18.70p - 61.33p | 02/09/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| Gary Weiss | 16,071,207 | Between | 18.70p - 61.33p | 02/09/04 - 10/04/2018 | ||||||
| Note: As a result of the adjustments there is no change in the economic interests of the Directors in options held under the Company's share option schemes. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG remain as follows: | |||||||||
| Interests in the listed securities of Capral Ltd (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange) | ||||||||||
| Ordinary | Convertible | |||||||||
| Shares | Notes | |||||||||
| Gary Weiss | 186,510 | 241 | ||||||||
| Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New Zealand Stock Market) | ||||||||||
| Tony Gibbs | 72,086 | |||||||||
| Richard Russell | ||||||||||
| Company Secretary | ||||||||||
| Guinness Peat Group plc | ||||||||||
| Tel: +44 20 7484 3370 | ||||||||||
| 8 June 2009 | ||||||||||