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Immediate Release |
31 October 2008 |
Melrose Resources plc ("the Company")
Director/PDMR shareholding
Melrose Resources plc (LSE:MRS) announces that on 31 OctoberΒ 2008 it received notification fromΒ Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited (the 'Trustee') in its capacity as trustee of theΒ Melrose Resources plcΒ Employee Benefit Trust (the 'Trust') that onΒ 31 OctoberΒ 2008 the Trustee purchasedΒ 40,000 ordinary shares of 10Β penceΒ each in the Company at a price ofΒ 220Β pence perΒ share. The entire holding of the Trust in the share capital of the Company is now 240,000 ordinary shares equating to 0.22% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
The Trust was established toΒ facilitate the operation of theΒ Melrose Resources plcΒ Performance Share Plan (theΒ 'Plan') and it is intended that the shares purchased by the Trust will be usedΒ to satisfy awards under the Plan.
In accordance with DTR 3.1.4 of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, theΒ Executive DirectorsΒ and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")Β of theΒ CompanyΒ have an interest in the shares acquired by the TrusteeΒ as they are potential beneficiaries of the Trust.
For further information please contact:
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Melrose Resources plc
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Alasdair Robinson, Company Secretary
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0131 221 3360
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Buchanan Communications Limited
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Ben Willey/Ben Romney
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0207 466 5000
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or visit www.melroseresources.com
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