11th Aug 2005 14:46
Liberty International PLC ("the Company")Directors' ShareholdingsFollowing the exercise of options, the Company has been advised today of thefollowing:1. Liberty International's Chief Executive, Mr D.A. Fischel has increased hisholding of Liberty International PLC ordinary shares by 42,372 shares to309,126 shares, representing 0.096% of the issued share capital.This increase in holding follows an exercise of options today over 120,000ordinary shares in Liberty International at an option price of 406p per share.Immediately following the exercise, Mr Fischel sold 77,628 ordinary shares at aprice of 987.5p per share in order to meet his acquisition and income taxcosts.2. Other employees of the Company have also recently exercised options. Theshares required for option exercises are provided by transfer from LI SharePlan (Jersey) Limited as trustee for the Liberty International PLC employeeshare ownership plan ("ESOP"). As the executive directors of LibertyInternational PLC and PDMRs are potential beneficiaries of the ESOP, thistransfer is disclosable as a change in their interests. Details of alltransactions involving the ESOP, including the shares required for the exerciseof options by Mr Fischel referred to above, are as follows:Date of No. of options: Option Exercise price: 09.08.05 25,000 shares 545p per share 11.08.05 120,000 shares 406p per share 11.08.05 4,141 shares 512p per share Total 149,141 shares Options exercised as a percentage of issued 0.046% ordinary shares: Total holding of LI Share Plan (Jersey) 2,551,627 Limited following this notification: Total percentage of issued ordinary shares 0.793% held by LI Share Plan (Jersey) Limited following this notification: Contact name for queries: Kerin Williams Contact telephone number: 020 7887 7108 Name of company official responsible for Kerin Williams making notification:- Deputy Company Secretary Date of Notification: 11 August 2005 ENDLiberty International plcRelated Shares:
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