Director/PDMR Shareholding

7 Dec 2006 13:52

Hornby PLC07 December 2006 7 December 2006 Hornby Plc Director/PDMR Shareholding On 6 December 2006, Hornby Plc (the "Company") was informed that the HornbyEmployee Benefit Trust (the "Trust") acquired by acquisition in the market on 5December 2006, at an average price of 266.0p per share, a total of 66,765ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") representing 0.18% of theCompany's issued share capital of 37,621,030 Ordinary Shares. On the same day,under the terms of the Trust, 173,854 Ordinary Shares vested and weretransferred to beneficiaries of the Trust, including certain Directors and otherPersons Discharging Managerial Responsibility, as follows: Role / Responsibility Number of Ordinary Number of Percentage of Shares Ordinary Shares issued share held in the capital Vested Allotted Trust Frank Martin Chief Executive 54,645 28,271 137,375 0.37%John Stansfield Finance Director 29,927 8,835 53,522 0.14%Nicholas Cole Operations Director 23,350 6,361 44,855 0.12%Frits Passet International Sales Dir. 23,371 6,007 43,008 0.12%Michael Walters Development Director 4,028 6,007 28,191 0.07%Josep Pastor Group Marketing Dir 0 3,550 9,150 0.02%Other employees N/A 38,533 7,734 54,767 0.15% Total 173,854 66,765 370,868 0.99% Following vesting and transfer of the Ordinary Shares held in the Trust, certainbeneficiaries (as detailed below) sold these Ordinary Shares immediately at aprice of 266.0p per share. As a result of the above transactions, certainDirectors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility now hold thefollowing number of Ordinary Shares: Role / Responsibility Number of Number of Percentage of Ordinary Ordinary Shares issued share Shares Sold Held capital Frank Martin Chief Executive 38,645 91,125 0.24%John Stansfield Finance Director 29,927 85,000 0.23%Nicholas Cole Operations Director 23,350 5,000 0.01%Frits Passet International Sales Dir. 23,371 10,000 0.03%Michael Walters Development Director 4,028 0 0.00% Total 191,125 0.51% Enquiries Hornby PlcJohn Stansfield, Finance Director01843-233500 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange