26th May 2006 11:38
Centamin Egypt Limited26 May 2006 Centamin Egypt Limited ("Centamin Egypt" or "the Company") Issue of Equity and director's shareholding The Company announces that, on 26 May 2006, 250,000 options were exercised underthe Employee Share Option Plan 2002 at an exercise price of A$0.3549 per shareby Mr. Colin N. Cowden, a director of the Company. Following this exercise, Mr.Cowden's holdings in the Company's shares are as follows: Registered holder No. of sharesBlack Cat Holdings Pty Ltd* 400,597Mr. C. N. Cowden 92,833Cowden Limited** 29,596 * Mr. Cowden owns 50% of the shares ** Mr. Cowden owns 33.08% of the shares Application has been made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to tradingon the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM"). The new ordinary shareswill rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in the Company andtrading of these shares on AIM is expected to commence on 1 June 2006. The total number of ordinary shares in issue following this issue is578,295,369. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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