4 Oct 2010 15:29
4 October 2010
Murgitroyd Group PLC ("Murgitroyd" or "the Group")
Exercise of options
Murgitroyd announces that it has issued and allotted 8,216 Ordinary shares of 10 pence each at a price of 169 pence per share, and 20,000 Ordinary shares of 10 pence each at a price of 181 pence per share, (together, "the Shares"), pursuant to the exercise of options under the Group's unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme ("the Exercise of Options") by Graham J Murnane, an Executive Director of the Group. Mr Murnane's beneficial interest following the Exercise of Options is 48,000 ordinary shares representing 0.563% of the total issued share capital of the Group.
The Options were exercised on Friday 1 October 2010. An application for admission of the Shares to trading on AIM has been submitted and trading is expected to commence on 8 October 2010.
The total number of shares in issue following the Exercise of Options is 8,530,563.
For further information, please contact:
| Keith Young, Murgitroyd
| T: 07802 951913 |
| Sandy Fraser, Brewin Dolphin Limited (NOMAD) | T: 0845 213 2072 |