Director Shareholding

8 Dec 2005 08:20

Empire Online Limited08 December 2005 Empire Online Limited ("Empire Online" or "the Company") Empire Online yesterday issued a total of 10,290,000 options over Empire OnlineOrdinary Shares, representing approximately 3.5 per cent. of the issued sharecapital of the Company, pursuant to the existing Empire Online LimitedDiscretionary Share Option Plan. The options were issued to certain employees and directors of the Company at astrike price of 71p per share and becoming exercisable in three equal trancheson the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, including thefollowing grants of options to directors: Lord Steinberg (Chairman) 200,000Andrew Burns (CFO) 600,000Richard Rosenberg (Non Executive) 75,000 Enquiries: Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 Simon Rigby Nicola Smith This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange