Petards Regulatory News (PEG)

21 Mar 2005 10:15

Petards Group PLC21 March 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company Petards Group plc2) Name of director Ian Taylor3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest As above4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Mr Ian Taylor and his SIPP5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) As above6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Sale of shares and repurchase into SIPP7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 325,0008) Percentage of issued class 0.05%9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 300,36610) Percentage of issued class 0.048%11) Class of security Ordinary shares12) Price per share Sale 1.66p Purchase 1.68p13) Date of transaction Both on 17 March 200514) Date company informed Both 17 March 200515) Total holding following this notification 5,325,00016) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.85%If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Andrew Wonnacott 01932 788 28825) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Andrew Wonnacott, Finance DirectorDate of Notification 21 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange