Director/PDMR Shareholding

2 Nov 2006 10:05

Fortune Oil PLC02 November 2006 02 NOVEMBER 2006 FORTUNE OIL PLC ("Fortune Oil" or "the Company") PDMR's shareholdings The Company was notified on 1 November 2006, in accordance with both DR3.1.2R ofthe Disclosure Rules and section 324 (extended by section 328) of the CompaniesAct 1985, that Mrs Shirley Bedford, a connected person to a Person DischargingManagerial Responsibility ("PDMR") being the spouse of Mr Trevor Bedford, adirector, purchased from her sister 12,903 ordinary shares of 1 pence each at aprice of 7.7 pence per share, representing less than 0.0007% of the issued sharecapital of Fortune Oil. These shares are held in the name of Mrs ShirleyBedford. Mr Trevor Bedford, the Senior Independent Director, now has an interest in atotal of 1,852,958 shares, representing 0.1% of the issued share capital of theCompany. The above interest is beneficial interests of the respective persons or theirconnected persons. Enquiries: Fortune Oil PLCJohn Pexton - Deputy Chief Executive Tel: 00 852 2583 3113 (Hong Kong) Pelham Public RelationsArchie Berens Tel: 020 7743 6679 or 07802 442 486 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange