Director/PDMR Shareholding

11 Jul 2006 17:10

Ashley (Laura) Hldgs PLC11 July 2006 11 July 2006 Laura Ashley Holdings plc Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons Laura Ashley Holdings plc has been informed on 10 July 2006 that MichaelKingsbury, Chief Operating Officer, purchased 393,000 of its ordinary shares of5 pence each at an average price of 23.3 pence per share. This represents histotal shareholding of ordinary shares, representing 0.053% of the issuedOrdinary Share capital of the Company. Enquiries David Cook, Company Secretary 020 7880 5100 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange