Director/PDMR Shareholding

5 Oct 2006 11:51

5th October, 2006 Panther Securities PLC ("Panther" or "the Company") Directors' shareholding The Company has been advised that earlier today Andrew Perloff, ExecutiveChairman of the Company, and Harold Perloff granted 60,000 and 30,000 calloptions to acquire ordinary shares in Panther at a price of 367.5p per share atany time up to 5th October, 2011, respectively. John Perloff, John Doyle andSimon Peters, all directors of the Company, were each granted 20,000 of theabove call options, with the balance being granted to certain other persons.The interests of the above persons, other than the above grants of calloptions, are as follows:Director Ordinary Shares %Andrew Perloff * 4,351,213 25.60John Perloff 90,000 0.53John Doyle 5,000 0.03Simon Peters 22,500 0.13* Andrew Perloff and his family trusts have beneficial interests in sharesowned by Portnard Limited, a company under their control, amounting to7,737,336 Ordinary Shares, representing 45.52 per cent. of the issued sharecapital of the Company.In addition, Harold Perloff holds 895,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.27per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.For further information:Andrew Perloff, Panther Securities plc: 020 7278 8011ENDPANTHER SECURITIES PLC