PHC.L Regulatory News (PHC)

18 Jan 2007 18:06

Plant Health Care PLC18 January 2007 18 January 2007 PLANT HEALTH CARE PLC (THE "COMPANY") ALLOTMENT OF SHARES/ DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION On 17 January 2007, the Company approved the following allotment of ordinaryshares of 1p ("Ordinary Shares") to certain non-executive directors, inaccordance with the Company's existing contractual arrangements, which comprisepart of the non-executive directors' remuneration packages and are payable inlieu of a part of their salary. The shares were allotted at 224p per share,calculated at the closing middle market price derived from the Daily OfficialList on 17 January 2007. Non-executive Value of remuneration Number of Ordinary director used to purchase Shares allotted shares Dr Albert Fischer £8,125.00 3,627 Dr Robert Chanson £6,875.00 3,069 Thomas Isler £6,875.00 3,069 ADDITIONAL FEES INCURRED BY DIRECTORS Also on 17 January 2007, the Company approved the allotment of Ordinary Sharesas set out below to certain of the non-executive directors and the formerCompany Secretary in lieu of additional fees they had incurred in connectionwith the Company's 2006 capitalisation exercise. The shares were allotted at224p per share, calculated at the closing middle market price derived from theDaily Official List on 17 January 2007. Name Fees incurred re. Number of Ordinary capitalisation Shares allotted exercise Dr Albert Fischer £2,500 1,116 Dr Robert Chanson £2,500 1,116 Samuel Wauchope £5,000 2,232 Catherine Sutton* £500 223 *Allotted in name of Lawnside Limited. Following the above allotments, the Company was notified today that on 18January 2007 Dr Chanson had sold 4,185 Ordinary Shares in an off-markettransaction at a price of 224 pence per Ordinary Share. His resultant interest in the Company is 135,166, which is 0.33 per cent. of the total issued share capital in the Company. Following the above-mentioned allotments and transaction, the beneficialinterests of the directors concerned in the ordinary share capital of theCompany are as shown below: Name Ordinary Share Percentage of Share Options holding issued Ordinary Share capital Dr Albert Fischer 143,371 0.35 225,000 Dr Robert Chanson 135,166 0.33 210,000 Thomas Isler 400,846 0.99 202,500 Samuel Wauchope 52,232 0.12 Nil Application has been made for 14,452 Ordinary Shares (the 'New Shares') to beadmitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on 24 January2007. The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing OrdinaryShares. Following admission of the New Shares, the total issued share capital of the Company will be 40,378,424 Ordinary Shares, all of which have voting rights. The above figure (40,378,424) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Plant Health Care plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Andrew Wood +44 (0) 20 8866 5702Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange