Director/PDMR Shareholding

24 Mar 2006 15:33

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC24 March 2006 GW Pharmaceuticals plc ("GW" or "the Company") SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 24 March 2006: Dr Geoffrey Guy, a Director of the Company, has today gifted fornil consideration 730,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company, 330,000shares being gifted to a medical charity and 400,000 shares being gifted tofamily members for tax planning purposes. The gift amounts to 0.6% of the issuedordinary share capital. Of the 400,000 shares gifted to family members Dr Guy retains a beneficialinterest in 100,000 of these shares. Following this notification Dr Guy retains a beneficial interest in 22,248,708ordinary shares of 0.1p each, amounting to 18.5% of the shares in issue. Enquiries: GW Pharmaceuticals plc 01980 557000 Jonathan Laughton, Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange