24 Feb 2009 15:41
For immediate release 24Β February 2009
Southern Cross Healthcare Group plc
("the Company")
Notification of Interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") and connected persons
The Company announces the following dealings by PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares").
OnΒ 24Β February 2009, the Company granted the following share options (the "Options").
|
NameΒ ofΒ OptionΒ Holder |
Number of Shares under Option |
Exercise price per ShareΒ |
|
Jamie Buchan |
1,800,000 600,000 600,000 |
100 pence 150 pence 200 pence |
|
Richard Midmer |
1,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
84 pence 126 pence 168 pence 250 pence |
The Options were granted following shareholder approval of the arrangements at the Company's Annual General Meeting held onΒ 16 February 2009.
No considerationΒ was payable on the grant of the Options.
The notification of theseΒ OptionsΒ is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.
William McLeish
Company Secretary
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