15 Jan 2009 14:29
RNS Number : 7180L
Melrose Resources PLC
15 January 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15 January 2009
MELROSE RESOURCES PLC
DIRECTOR'S SHARE PURCHASE
Melrose Resources plc (LSE: MRS) ("the Company") announces that, on 15 January 2009, it received notification of the following changes in a Director's shareholding as a result of the purchase of shares in the Company, further details of which are set out below.
| Ordinary shares | Holding as at 13 January 2009 | Purchased 14 January 2009 (1) | Holding 14 January 2009 | ||
| No. | % | No. | No. | % | |
| R F M Adair (2) | 58,079,429 | 52.76 | 10,000 | 58,089,429 | 52.77 |
Notes:
(1) The shares were acquired at £1.91 per ordinary share by Skye Investments Limited.
(2) The interests of R F M Adair as at 14 January 2009 include 57,288,923 ordinary shares held by Skye Investments Limited, a company in which he has a controlling interest.
(3) The Company has 110,086,888 ordinary shares in issue.
For further information please contact:
| Melrose Resources plc Alasdair Robinson, Group Company Secretary
| 0131 221 3360 |
| Buchanan Communications Ben Willey Ben Romney | 0207 466 5000 |
or visit www.melroseresources.com
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