Holding(s) in Company

26 Sep 2011 09:25

26 September 2011

Panmure Gordon & Co. plc("the Company")

Purchase of shares

The Company has been notified that, on 23 September 2011, the Panmure Gordon & Co. plc No. 2 Employee Benefit Trust ("the EBT") purchased 100,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 17p per share. These shares are to be held in the EBT and are intended to be used to satisfy share awards made under the Company's Performance Share Plan or other future plans. The EBT is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees including the executive directors of the Company.

Praxis Trustees Limited, as Trustees of the EBT, also holds 9,934,064 ordinary shares in the Company, 7,720,730 of which are the subject of share options granted to employees under the Company's 2005 Employee Share Option Plan. The EBT's total holding is now therefore 10,034,064 shares, representing 6.77% of the Company's issued share capital.

Enquiries:

Sarah Wigley, Company Secretary 020 7459 3600

Philip Secrett/Jen HatterGrant Thornton Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser) 020 7383 5100

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