16th Sep 2008 16:30
BG Group plc
1. Notification of Interests in Shares by Executive Director
The Company has today received notification from Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer, that on 16 September 2008 his wife transferred 314,050 ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") to him at nil consideration.
As a result, Mr Almanza's interests in the ordinary share capital of BG Group plc remain as 540,132 Shares, representing 0.016% of the Shares in issue.
2. Transaction in own shares
The Company also announces that it has today transferred 103,944 Shares to the Trustee of its Long Term Incentive Scheme to satisfy awards made to a participant which have vested under the Scheme. The Trustee has sold 38,002 of the Shares, to cover the associated dealing costs and meet the income tax and social security withholdings arising on this release, to enable the Company to settle these withholdings. All the Shares were formerly held in Treasury.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 225,358,997 Shares in Treasury and has a total of 3,352,635,426 Shares (excluding Shares held in Treasury) in issue.
16 September 2008
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