Tarsus Regulatory News (TRS)

23 Apr 2008 09:41

Tarsus Group PLC23 April 2008 TARSUS GROUP PLC ("Group" or the "Company") 22 April 2008 Tarsus Group plc announces that it has today issued a total of 173,145 new ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company("Ordinary Shares") as follows:- Scrip Dividend Alternative Elections under the Scrip Dividend Alternative were received from 228shareholders in respect of 3,222,381 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately5.3 per cent. of the current issued ordinary share capital of the Company) and,as a result, the Board of the Company has allotted 58,907 new Ordinary Shares.These new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existingOrdinary Shares. Payments of £2,017,121.70 in aggregate will be made on 30 April 2008 in respectof the Dividend to those shareholders who did not make an election under theScrip Dividend Alternative. Issue of new shares to David Larkin The Board of the Company has issued and allotted 25,000 new Ordinary Shares toDavid Larkin (a director and shareholder of Caroo USA Inc, a subsidiary of theGroup), in part satisfaction of monies owed to him by Group companies. Option Exercises The Board of the Company has issued and allotted 89,238 new Ordinary Shares tocertain employees pursuant to the exercise of certain share options. New issued share capital The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the allotment of all ofthe new Ordinary Shares referred to above is 61,027,576. Directors' Shareholdings Neil Jones elected to take the Scrip Dividend Alternative in respect of the16,290 Ordinary Shares already held by him as notified to the Company today.Following the issue and allotment of the 297 new Ordinary Shares under the ScripDividend Alternative to Mr Jones, he is interested in 16,587 Ordinary Sharesrepresenting approximately 0.027 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issuedordinary share capital. Roger Pellow elected to take the Scrip Dividend Alternative in respect of the4,750 Ordinary Shares already held by him as notified to the Company today.Following the issue and allotment of the 86 new Ordinary Shares under the ScripDividend Alternative to Mr Pellow, he is interested in 4,836 Ordinary Sharesrepresenting approximately 0.008 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issuedordinary share capital. Stephen Krogulski, a director of a subsidiary of the Group exercised optionsover a total of 65,000 Ordinary Shares. Following the issue and allotment of the65,000 new Ordinary Shares to Mr Krogulski, he is interested in a total of65,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.1 per cent of the Company'sissued ordinary share capital. Application will be made for the admission of the 173,145 new Ordinary Sharesreferred to above to the Official List and to London Stock Exchange's market forlisted securities and dealings are expected to commence on 30 April 2008. Enquiries: Peter Begg, Company Secretary, 020 8846 2705 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange