Wynnstay Regulatory News (WYN)

28 Apr 2005 08:33

Wynnstay Group PLC28 April 2005 Wynnstay Group plc (the "Company") Scrip dividend election & Directors shareholding The board of the Company announces the following information in relation to theordinary share capital of the Company: Elections to accept the scrip dividend alternative are in place from the holdersof 3,705,864 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") in aggregate, representingapproximately 42.5% of the existing issued ordinary share capital. Accordingly,59,673 new Shares were issued in satisfaction of such elections, bringing theenlarged issued ordinary share capital to 8,739,257. The additional cost to theCompany of the dividend of 4.5p per share made in cash amounts to approximately£223,820. In the issue, the following Directors received new shares in lieu of cashdividends: No of scrip New holding % of enlarged dividend shares issued capital Lord Carlile of Berriew 433 39,783 0.46 John Davies 771 48,498 0.55 Roger Griffiths 1,938 121,847 1.39 Bernard Harris 2,298 144,522 1.65 Edwin Hughes 866 54,504 0.62 Melvyn Jones 1,479 93,046 1.06 Robert Jones Perrott 706 44,402 0.51 Jeffrey Kendrick 136 8,601 0.10 Gareth Owen 343 21,589 0.25 Paul Roberts Nil 61,416 0.70 Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission to tradingon AIM of the 59,673 new Shares. Dealings are expected to commence and CRESTmember accounts are expected to be credited on 3 May 2005 at 8.00am. Enquiries: Paul Roberts, Wynnstay Group plc Tel: +(44) (0) 1691 828 512 David Youngman, W.H. Ireland Limited Tel: +(44)(0) 161 832 2174 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange