PHC.L Regulatory News (PHC)

31 Jan 2007 07:01

Plant Health Care PLC31 January 2007 31 January 2007 Plant Health Care PLC ("Plant Health Care" or "the Company") Directors' Dealings Directors' Exercise of Options The Company was notified on 30 January 2007 that, on the same day, Dr DonaldMarx, a director of the Company, exercised options over 715,761 ordinary sharesof 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 37 penceper Ordinary Share and options over 34,237 Ordinary Shares at an exercise priceof 71 pence per Ordinary Share. Accordingly, on 30 January 2007 Dr Marxexercised a total of 749,998 options over Ordinary Shares. The Company was notified on 30 January 2007 that, on the same day, Mr JohnBrady, a Director of the Company, exercised options over 300,000 Ordinary Sharesat a price of 37 pence per Ordinary Share. Directors' Dealings The Company was notified on 30 January 2007 that, on the same day Dr Marx and MrBrady sold 900,000 Ordinary Shares and 300,000 Ordinary Shares respectively allat a price of 225 pence per Ordinary Share. All of these 1.2 million OrdinaryShares sold by Dr Marx and Mr Brady were as a result of the exercise of options(described above), with the exception of 150,002 Ordinary Shares held by DrMarx. Directors' Interests and Admission of Ordinary Shares Following the exercise of options and share sales described above, thebeneficial interests of the directors in the Company's Ordinary Share capitalare set out below: Name Ordinary Percentage of Share Options Shareholding issued Ordinary Share capital Dr Albert Fischer 143,371 0.35% 225,000John Brady Nil Nil 1,200,000Walter Bratkowski Nil Nil 200,000Dr Robert Chanson 135,166 0.33% 210,000Thomas Isler 400,846 0.97% 202,500Dr Donald Marx 428,813 1.04% 3,470Samuel Wauchope 52,232 0.13% Nil Application has been made for 1,049,998 Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant tothe exercise of options described above, to be admitted to trading on the LondonStock Exchange's AIM market for listed securities ("Admission"). Admission isexpected to occur on 5 February 2007. The New Shares will rank pari passu withthe Company's existing Ordinary Shares. Following admission of the New Shares, the total issued share capital of the Company will be 41,428,422 Ordinary Shares, all of which have voting rights. The above figure (41,428,422) may be used by shareholders as the denominator forthe calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notifytheir interest in, or a change to their interest in, Plant Health Care plc underthe FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. For further information: Tavistock ComunicationsJeremy Carey/Matt RidsdaleTel: +44 20 7920 3150 Plant Health Care PLCAndrew Wood, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 20 8866 5702 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange