20th Nov 2007 14:00
BG GROUP plc20 November 2007 A. Notification of Interests in Shares Jorn Berget - Person discharging managerial responsibility Release of Shares under Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS) BG Group plc has received notification today from Jorn Berget that, on 16November 2007, he became entitled to the BG Group plc ordinary shares of 10peach ("Shares") set out in the table below, as a result of the vesting of anaward allocated to him under the rules of the LTIS on 16 November 2004. Basedupon the performance criteria which applied to this award, 75% of the originalallocation has vested. In transferring these Shares to the beneficiary below, the trustee of the LTIShas withheld the amount of Shares, referred to below, equivalent to theindividual income tax and NI liability arising on this release, to be settled bythe Company through PAYE. As a result of this release, Jorn Berget's individual interests in the Shares ofBG Group plc are as follows: Number of Shares Number of Shares Shares Resulting Beneficialvested on 16 withheld to cover tax transferred on Interest in Shares onNovember 2007 and NI liability 20 November 20 November 2007 2007 150,000 61,500 88,500 95,472 (representing 0.003% of the Shares in issue) B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BG Group plc announces that it has today transferred 98,853 ordinary shares toparticipants of its Long Term Incentive Scheme, at the direction of the Trusteeof the Scheme. The transferred shares were formerly held in Treasury. Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 205,471,710 ordinary shares inTreasury and has a total of 3,368,360,159 ordinary shares (excluding shares heldin Treasury) in issue. 20 November 2007 Website www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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