Naked Wine Regulatory News (WINE)

12 Dec 2006 07:01

Majestic Wine PLC12 December 2006 Majestic Wine plc ("the Company") Issue of Equity The Company issued and allotted today, subject to Admission, the following newOrdinary Shares of 7.5p each in the Company under the Company's ApprovedExecutive Share Option Scheme (the "AESOS") and the Company's UnapprovedExecutive Share Option Scheme (the "UESOS"): Scheme Number of Ordinary Shares Price per Ordinary Share (pence) AESOS 2,000 60.625 AESOS 2,700 76.25 AESOS 4,000 120.00 AESOS 38,700 157.75 AESOS 130,000 222.75 UESOS 130,000 114.50 Two directors of the Company exercised options under the UESOS, and subsequentlysold the new Ordinary Shares back to the Company as part of the Company's openmarket share buyback programme, as follows: Director Shares under Options Exercise price Sale price Shares under Resultant option as at exercised per share per share option as at holding 8/12/06 11/12/06 and (pence) (pence) 11/12/06 following sold back to exercise and Company sale T How 329,575 100,000 114.50 330 229,575 425,393 (0.65%) 58,620 N Alldritt 153,674 30,000 114.50 330 123,674 (0.09%) The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Sharesof the Company. Trading is expected to commence on AIM on 18 December 2006.Following the allotment of the new Ordinary Shares the issued share capital ofthe Company will be 65,701,800 Ordinary Shares of 7.5p each. Enquiries: Tim HowChief Executive Nigel AlldrittFinance Director Majestic Wine plc 01923 298200 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange