Director Grant of Options

15 May 2008 08:15

Share plc

(the "Company")

Director Dealings 

Share plc (AIM:SHRE.LN) announces that, as set out in its admission document dated 15 April 2008, under the Company's Enterprise Management Incentive ("EMI") scheme: Richard Stone, Group Finance Director of the Company, and Iain Wallace, Group Compliance and Legal Services Director of the Company, have each been granted 250,000 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (in each case representing approximately 0.16% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 14.5 pence per Ordinary Share.

These options become first exercisable on 15/05/11 and will expire on 15/05/18.

In addition, under the terms of the long term incentive plan, details of which are disclosed in the admission document dated 15 April 2008, the following option grants have been made:

Gavin Oldham, Chief Executive Officer of the Company has been granted 31,185 options over Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.02% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 27.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options have been granted on an unapproved basis outside of the Company's EMI arrangements. They are exercisable immediately and will expire on 15/05/18.

Richard Stone, Group Finance Director of the Company has been granted 27,930 options over Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.02% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 27.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options, which have been granted under the Company's EMI scheme, become first exercisable on 15/05/11 and will expire on 15/05/18.

Iain Wallace, Group Compliance and Legal Services Director of the Company has been granted 28,473 options over Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.02% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 27.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options, which have been granted under the Company's EMI scheme, become first exercisable on 15/05/11 and will expire on 15/05/18.

Following these grants, Gavin Oldham holds 31,185 Ordinary Shares under option (representing approximately 0.02% of the current issued Ordinary Shares), Richard Stone holds 635,198 Ordinary Shares under option (representing approximately 0.40% of the current issued Ordinary Shares and Iain Wallace holds 1,419,707 Ordinary Shares under option (representing approximately 0.89% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).

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