27th May 2008 10:20
ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP PLC ("the Company")
ADDITIONAL LISTING - SCRIP DIVIDEND ALTERNATIVE
Further to its announcement of 14 May 2008, the Company confirms that application has been made for the admission to trading on AIM ("Admission") of 55,675 new ordinary shares of lp each in the Company ("New Shares") pursuant to elections by shareholders to receive New Shares in lieu of cash in respect of all or part of their final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2007 ("Final Dividend") The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued shares and dealings are expected to commence on Thursday 29 May 2008.
DIRECTOR'S INTEREST
The resultant total interest upon Admission of Mr Henry Angest, Chairman, who has elected to receive the Final Dividend in the form of New Shares in relation to part of his existing interest in shares, is set out below:
Director New Shares to be Resultant total % of issued received under scrip interest in shares (at shares (at dividend elections Admission) Admission)
Henry Angest 50,000 7,917,862 52.79
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Upon Admission the total number of shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting shares, is 14,999,619 shares. There are no shares held in Treasury. The above figure may be used by shareholders to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
27 May 2008
Enquiries:
Arbuthnot Bank Group PLC Tel: 020 7012 2000Paul Sheriff, Group Finance Director
Maitland Tel: 020 7379 5151Emma Burdett
Hawkpoint Tel: 020 7665 4500Lawrence Guthrie
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