Hochschild Regulatory News (HOC)

7 Dec 2006 17:18

Hochschild Mining PLC07 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALREPSONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of the issuer: HOCHSCHILD MINING PLC 2. State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified inaccordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a); or (ii) DR 3.1.4(R)(1)(b) a disclosure made inaccordance with section 324 (as extended by section 328) of the Companies Act1985; or (iii) both (i) and (ii): (iii) BOTH (i) AND (ii) 3. Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director: MR EDUARDO HOCHSCHILD 4. State whether notification relates to a person connected with a persondischarging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify theconnected person: YES, THE CONNECTED PERSON IS PELHAM INVESTMENT CORPORATION 5. Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the personreferred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest: NOTIFICATION IN RESPECT OF PERSON REFERRED TO IN 4 ABOVE 6. Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives orfinancial instruments relating to shares: ORDINARY SHARES OF 25p EACH 7. Name of registered shareholders(s) and, if more than one, the number ofshares held by each of them: PELHAM INVESTMENT CORPORATION 8 State the nature of the transaction: TRANSFER OF SHARES FOLLOWING THE EXERCISE OF THE OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION 9. Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to sharesacquired: N/A 10. Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class shouldnot be taken into account when calculating percentage): N/A 11. Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to sharesdisposed: 11,587,500 ORDINARY SHARES 12. Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class shouldnot be taken into account when calculating percentage): 3.77% 13. Price per share or value of transaction: £3.50 14. Date and place of transaction: 06 DECEMBER 2006 LONDON 15. Total holding following notification and total percentage holding followingnotification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage): 214,962,500 SHARES = 69.94% 16. Date issuer informed of transaction 06 DECEMBER 2006 If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options bythe issuer complete the following boxes 17. Date of grant: N/A 18. Period during which or date on which it can be exercised: N/A 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option: N/A 20. Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number): N/A 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to befixed at the time of exercise: N/A 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held followingnotification: N/A 23. Any additional information: NONE 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: CHRIS STAMP, +44 (0)207917 6285 Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:CHRIS STAMP, ON BEHALF OF PRISM COSEC LTD, COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 7 DECEMBER 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange