Oxus Gold Plc Regulatory News (OXS)

15 Feb 2007 16:46

Oxus Gold PLC15 February 2007 For immediate release: 15 February 2007 Oxus Gold plc Directors' Shareholdings and Additional Listing Oxus Gold plc ("Oxus" or "the Company") announces application has been made for33,770 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company to be admitted to tradingon the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange plc. The shares were allotted tocertain non-executive directors of the Company on 29 January 2007 asconsideration for quarterly fees for the period October to December 2006.Further details are set out in the table below: Director Shares Issue Resultant Resultant issued price* Holding %Oliver Prior 14,473 25.91p 106,622 0.03Douglas Sutherland 19,297 25.91p 220,698 0.07 \* The shares were issued at the average mid-market price for the period Octoberto December 2006. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares and dealingsare expected to commence in the new ordinary shares at 8am on 21 February 2007. Following the allotment of the above shares, the Company's issued shared capitalis 306,742,506. The directors elected in January 2006 to have their 2006 fees paid wholly inshares. The election is made on an annual basis, and once the election is made,it is binding and cannot be altered by either the directors or the Company. InJanuary 2007, the directors elected to have their 2007 fees paid wholly in cash. Further enquiries: Richard WilkinsOxus Gold plcTel: +44 (0)20 7907 2000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange