Last checked at 22 Sep 2009 07:00
News release
22 September 2009
Notification of Directors' Shareholdings in Company
Merchant Securities plc ("the Company"), the financial services group specialising in institutional research and trading, private client investment management, corporate finance and corporate broking, has been advised that the following directors have acquired ordinary shares, as set out below:
Patrick T Claridge. Chief Executive Officer
Purchase of 300,000 ordinary shares @ 9p on 21 September 2009. He is now beneficially interested in 2,648,028 ordinary shares, representing 5.65 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.
John Foster-Powell. Chief Financial Officer
Purchase of 100,000 ordinary shares @ 9p on 21 September 2009. He is now beneficially interested in 600,000 ordinary shares, representing 1.28 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.
John L Green. Chairman
Purchase of 100,000 ordinary shares @ 9p on 21 September 2009. He is now beneficially interested in 225,431* ordinary shares, representing 0.48 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.
* 82,574 of these shares are held by Kathleen Green, wife of John Green.
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For further information please contact:
Patrick Claridge, Chief Executive 020 7375 9010
Merchant Securities plc
Richard Day/Matthew Armitt 020 7398 1600
Arden Partners plc
Roland Cross/Emma Murphy 020 7726 6111
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