Last checked at 31 Jul 2008 16:08
Hardide plc (the "Company")
Directors' Dealings
The board of the Company announces that Peter Davenport, the Finance Director of the Company, has notified the Company that on 30 July 2008, he acquired 500,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 1.75 pence per share taking his holding to 560,000 shares, which represents 0.3 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital.
In addition, in recognition of the considerable additional services recently provided to the Company by Hugh Smith and David Mott, non-executive directors of the Company, it has approved the payment to them of additional fees, to be satisfied by the allotment and issue of new ordinary shares in the Company to each of them as follows:
| Director | Number of shares | Total Shareholding | Total shareholding as a % |
| Hugh Smith | 233,333 | 4,012,900 | 2.12 |
| David Mott * | 166,667 | 4,441,667 | 2.34 |
* shares to be issued to Oxford Capital Partners Limited, a company of which Mr Mott is a director.
Application has been made for these 400,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on 6 August 2008.