27th Feb 2006 17:19
BG GROUP plc27 February 2006 BG Group plc Notification of Interests in Shares Dave Roberts - Person discharging managerial responsibility 1. Release of Shares under Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS) BG Group plc has today received notification from Dave Roberts that, on 24February 2006, 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 awardsallocated to him under the rules of the LTIS on 24 February 2003. Based upon theperformance criteria which applied to these awards, 57% of the originalallocations have vested. The trustee of the LTIS has withheld the amount of Shares, referred to below,equivalent to the individual income tax and NI liability arising on thisrelease, which will be settled by the Company through PAYE. As a result of this release, Dave Roberts' individual interests in the Shares ofBG Group plc are as follows: Number of Shares Number of Shares Shares Resulting Beneficialvested on 24 withheld to cover tax transferred on Interest in Shares onFebruary 2006 and NI liability 24 February 27 February 2006 200666,916 27,436 39,480 42,243 2. Exercise of options under the BG Group Company Share Option Scheme The Company has also received notification from Dave Roberts, that on 24February 2006 he exercised options under the BG Group Company Share OptionScheme over a total of 84,835 ordinary shares of 10p each a price of £2.3575 pershare. Subsequently all the 84,835 shares, arising from this exercise, were sold at aprice of £6.845 per share. 27 February 2006 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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