9 Jan 2009 16:35
Share plc
(the "Company")
Director Dealings
PURCHASE OF PARTNERSHIP SHARES AND AWARDS OF MATCHING SHARES
Share plc (AIM:SHRE.LN) announces that on 9 January 2009 the undermentioned directors of the Company purchased ordinary shares of 0.5 pence at a cost of 25.375 pence per share as "partnership shares" under the Company's Share Incentive Plan. These purchases were undertaken by the trustee of the Company's Share Incentive Plan, Sharesecure Ltd, a UK registered company, on behalf of these individuals and the shares were purchased in the open market.
In connection with these purchases on the same date the directors were awarded ordinary shares of 0.5 pence as "matching shares" under the Company's Share Incentive Plan. No consideration was paid by the grantees for the award of the matching shares and no consideration is due on the release of the matching shares.
The risk of forfeiture attached to the matching shares will normally be removed on the third anniversary of allocation subject to continued employment and the retention of the Partnership shares in connection with which they were awarded.
All the above transactions are summarised below:
| Director | Partnership shares acquired | Matching shares awarded | Total holding following notification | % of current issued shares |
| Sir Martin Jacomb | 394 | 788 | 398572 | 0.25 |
| Richard Tolkien | 493 | 986 | 28910 | 0.02 |
| Iain Wallace | 493 | 986 | 199775 | 0.12 |
| Richard Stone | 493 | 986 | 54226 | 0.03 |
For more information, please contact:
| Share plc | 01296 414141 |
| Gavin Oldham, Chief Executive | |
| Richard Stone, Finance Director | |
| Barbara Pierssene, Company Secretary | |
| KBC Peel Hunt Ltd, Nominated Adviser and Broker | 020 7418 8900 |
| Guy Wiehahn or Oliver Stratton |
SHRE.L (SHRE)