Director/PDMR Shareholding

16 Aug 2006 14:32

PayPoint PLC16 August 2006 16 August 2006 PayPoint plc ("the Company") As a result of transactions on 16 August 2006 by the PayPoint plc ShareIncentive Plan (an Inland Revenue approved all employee share purchase plan),the executive directors and persons discharging management responsibility of theCompany have the following interests as a result of their personal participationin the Plan:- +--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+| | Partnership | Matching | Dividend |Total number of|| | Shares |Shares awarded| Shares | Partnership, || |purchased on 16| on 16 August |purchased on | Matching and || |August 2006 at |2006 at £5.20 | 16 August |Dividend Shares|| |£5.20 per share| per share |2006 at £5.20| held on 16 || | | | per shares | August 2006 |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+|Tim | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1,719 ||Watkin-Rees | | | | |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+|George Earle | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1,660 |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+|Mike Igoe | 24 | 24 | 1 | 627 |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+|Dominic Taylor| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,955 |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+|John Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 861 |+--------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+ In accordance with the rules of the Plan the persons named above have beenawarded the Matching Shares on the basis of one Matching Share for eachPartnership Share. The beneficial ownership of the Matching Shares will pass to the persons listedabove in three years time subject to continued employment and the retention ofthe underlying Partnership Shares. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange