8 May 2009 13:05
Development Securities PLC makes awards under its Performance Share Plan 2006
Development Securities PLC todayΒ made the followingΒ awards, at nil cost,Β Β to theΒ Executive DirectorsΒ of the CompanyΒ under its Performance Share Plan 2006Β (the "Plan"), which was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on the 11thΒ May 2006:
Conditional AwardΒ of Shares
M H Marx 162,931
C J Barwick 97,759
M S Weiner 97,759
G Prothero 97,759
TheΒ vesting of theΒ shares,Β representingΒ ordinaryΒ sharesΒ of 50p each in the Company,Β isΒ conditional on the satisfaction of a performance conditionΒ measuring Development Securities PLC's total shareholder returnΒ ("TSR")Β against theΒ constituentΒ members of the FTSEΒ All ShareΒ Real Estate Index during the period from 1stΒ JanuaryΒ 2009Β to 31stΒ December 2011:
25 per cent of the award will vest if the Company TSR equals the median TSR of the comparator group;
100 per cent of the award will vest if the Company TSR equals or exceeds the 85thΒ percentile TSR of the comparator group;
Pro rata vesting will apply in between the above points.
In addition the Remuneration Committee must be satisfied that there has beenΒ a sustained improvement in the Company's underlying financial performance over the performance period.
These are the fourthΒ awards made under the Plan.
S A Lanes
CompanyΒ Secretary
020 7828 4777
8thΒ May 2009
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