17 Jun 2011 07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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17 June 2011
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    MELROSE RESOURCES PLCÂ
DIRECTORS' SHARE PURCHASE
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Melrose Resources plc (LSE: MRS) ("the Company") announces that, on 16 June 2011, it received notification of the following changes in Directors' shareholdings as a result of the purchase of shares in the Company, further details of which are set out below.
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 | Holding as at 9 June 2011 | Purchased 10 June 2011 | Holding as at  10 June 2011 | ||
 | No. | % |  | No. | % |
R F M Adair (1) | 58,386,929 | 50.92 | 25,000 (2) | 58,411,929 | 50.93 |
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Notes:
(1) The interests of Mr Adair as at 10 June 2011 include 57,391,423 ordinary shares held by Skye Investments Limited, a company in which he has a controlling interest.
(2) The 25,000 shares purchased on 10 June 2011 were acquired at a price of 236.50 pence per share. The shares were acquired to be held within Mr Adair's personal pension account.
(3) The Company has 114,689,178 ordinary shares in issue.
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For further information please contact:
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Melrose Resources plc Alasdair Robinson, Group Company Secretary  |  0131 221 3360 |
Pelham Bell Pottinger Mark Antelme | Â 0207 861 3232 |
 or visit www.melroseresources.com  |  |
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