Last checked at 19 May 2015 16:25
19 May 2015
James Cropper plc
(the "Company")
Directors' interests
The Company provides the following update on the interests of the directors in ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares").
Under the Company's employee share incentive plan ("SIP") Shares to be issued to participants are held by the Trustees of the James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan ("SIP Trustees") in their capacity as trustees of the SIP. After a holding period of five years Shares held by the SIP Trustees are transferred to participants. The SIP Trustees currently hold 105,857 Shares, including the following Shares in relation to directors (which will be transferred to them five years after award):
Award date | 17/05/2010 | 16/07/2010 | 18/07/20111 | 16/07/2012 | 23/07/2013 | 21/07/2014 | |
Purchase price | 136.5p | 156.1p | 223.0p | 180.8p | 266.4p | 383.5p | |
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Total SIP Shares held by Trustees | ||||||
Director | |||||||
MAJ Cropper | 44 | 44 | |||||
IM Maddock | 29 * | 545 * | 247 * | 41 * | 122 * | 85 * | 1,069 |
M Thompson | 51 * | 545 | 247 | 94 | 937 | ||
KD Watson | 21 | 21 | |||||
PI Wild | 58 | 85 | 143 | ||||
PJ Willink | 88 | 545 | 247 | 197 | 59 | 1,136 |
* SIP Shares awarded prior to appointment to Board
The total interests of the Company's directors in Shares, including SIP Shares held by the SIP Trustees, therefore comprise:
| Beneficial Shareholding | Percentage of Issued Share Capital | Non-beneficial Shareholding | Percentage of Issued Share Capital | Total options held | |
Director | ||||||
MAJ Cropper | 1,205,593 | 13.15% | 660,826 | 7.21% | 10,695 | |
IM Maddock | 11,019 | 0.12% | - | - | 14,036 | |
M Thompson | 37,630 | 0.41% | - | - | 32,469 | |
KD Watson | 1,021 | 0.01% | - | - | 11,084 | |
PI Wild | 1,143 | 0.01% | - | - | 78,872 | |
PJ Willink | 44,210 | 0.48% | 1,132,408 | 12.35% | 35,748 | |
D Mitchell | 1,000 | 0.01% | 101,255 | 1.10% | - | |
JE Sharp | 7,950 | 0.09% | 101,255 | 1.10% | - | |
DR Wilks | 9,112 | 0.10% | 101,255 | 1.10% | - |
Enquiries: | |
David Carey, Company Secretary | Robert Finlay, Richard Johnson |
James Cropper PLC (AIM:CRPR) | Westhouse Securities Limited |
Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722002 | Tel: +44 (0) 207 601 6100 |
www.cropper.com | www.westhousesecurities.com |