Director/PDMR Shareholding

29 Mar 2007 13:48

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC29 March 2007 29 March 2007 GW Pharmaceuticals plc ("GW" or "the Company") SCHEDULE 11NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS Dr Geoffrey Guy, a Director of the Company, has today gifted for nilconsideration a total of 300,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p to one educational andtwo medical charities. The gift amounts to 0.25% of the issued ordinary sharecapital. Following this notification Dr Guy retains a beneficial interest in21,719,663 ordinary shares, amounting to 18.1% of the shares in issue. Dr Brian Whittle, a Director of the Company, has today gifted for nilconsideration 100,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p to a medical charity. The giftamounts to 0.08% of the issued ordinary share capital. Following thisnotification Dr Whittle retains a beneficial interest in 10,378,446 ordinaryshares, amounting to 8.6% of the shares in issue. In addition Dr Whittle has gifted 500,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p to his wife.The gift amounts to 0.42% of the issued ordinary share capital. Following thistransaction Dr Whittle's beneficial interest remains unchanged at 10,378,446ordinary shares. Enquiries: GW Pharmaceuticals plc01980 557000Jonathan Laughton, Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange