Strategic Minerals Regulatory News (SML)

7 Feb 2008 07:01

Smallbone PLC07 February 2008 Smallbone plc ('Smallbone' or the 'Company') Additional Listing Smallbone announces today that 41,237 new Smallbone ordinary shares of 5p each(the 'New Ordinary Shares') have been issued and allotted at a price of 109pence per share pursuant to the Smallbone plc Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'). Charles Smallbone and Gordon Montgomery, both directors of the Company, astrustees of the Plan, became the non-beneficial owners of the 41,237 NewOrdinary Shares. The beneficial ownership of the New Ordinary Shares awardedunder the Plan will pass to the employees on their request subject to theircontinued employment. Gordon Montgomery has also personally participated in the Plan receiving 688 NewOrdinary Shares. As a consequence of this issue, Charles Smallbone and Gordon Montgomery have thefollowing interests in the Company; Beneficial % of Issued Share Non-Beneficial % Issued Share Capital Interest Capital Interest in the Company CD Smallbone 8,460,553 37.58% 146,520 0.65%GSA Montgomery 22,308 0.10% 144,211 0.64% Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to tradingon the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. This is expected to be on 12February 2007. For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure andTransparency Rules, following the admission to trading of the New OrdinaryShares, the total number of ordinary shares of 5p of the Company in issue willbe 22,512,113 with each share holding one voting right. Enquiries: Gordon Montgomery, Smallbone plc 01380 729090 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange