Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

30 Mar 2007 14:14

Johnston Press PLC30 March 2007 Johnston Press plc (the "Company") DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDINGS Johnston Press plc announces the following share dealings on 29 March 2007 by anumber of directors and members of the Group Management Board. The following non-executive directors have purchased ordinary shares of 10p eachin the Company at a price of 451p, as follows: Name of Director Shares Purchased Resultant InterestR G Parry 1,101 115,093S J Waugh 4,405 4,405I S M Russell 7,710 7,710 The following directors and members of the Group Management Board purchased thefollowing shares at a price of 451p out of part of the annual bonus for thecalendar year 2006 under the Company's Share Matching Plan. Name Shares PurchasedT J Bowdler 12,268S R Paterson 8,502D Cammiade 6,929P R Cooper 1,513M A Vickers 981 At the same time the following executives sold the shares they invested in March2004 relating to the bonus for 2003 under the Company's Share Matching Plan. Nomatching awards have been made. The details are as follows: T J Bowdler 15,848 shares sold at 451pS R Paterson 8,490 shares sold at 451pD Cammiade 7,674 shares sold at 451pM A Vickers 2,494 shares sold at 451p In addition Mr P R Cooper sold 1,327 shares at a price of 451p. Following the purchase of shares in the table above, today matching awards weregranted to the following directors and members of the Group Management Boardunder the terms of the Johnston Press plc 2003 Share Matching Plan. The detailsare as follows: Name Award GrantedT J Bowdler 20,793S R Paterson 14,410D Cammiade 11,744P R Cooper 2,564M A Vickers 1,663 The Company also announces that on 23 March 2007, 52 free ordinary shares of 10peach in the Company at 420.15p per share were awarded to the followingexecutives and members of the Group Management Board under the rules of theCompany's Share Incentive Plan. The table below also shows the resultantinterest in shares in the Company after all these transactions. Name Shares Awarded Resultant InterestT J Bowdler 52 1,195,513S R Paterson 52 802,400D Cammiade 52 775,392P R Cooper 52 708,964M A Vickers 52 697,454 30 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange