JKX.L Regulatory News (JKX)

21 Mar 2006 16:14

JKX Oil & Gas PLC21 March 2006 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) NAME OF COMPANY JKX OIL & GAS PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR ROBERT NICOLDALL 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest DIRECTOR 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) N/A 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary EXERCISE OF 187,500 EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTIONS AT 16.75P 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 187,500 8) Percentage of issued Class 0.123% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued Class N/A 11) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH 12) Price per share 16.75P 13) Date of transaction 20/3/06 14) Date company informed 20/03/06 15) Total holding following this notification 217,043 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.143% IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant N/A 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. N/A 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23) Any additional information N/A 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries KATHY SHEEHAN 0207 323 4464 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification B. J. BURROWS COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 21-03-2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange