24th Apr 2008 15:30
BG GROUP plc24 April 2008 BG Group plc A. Notification of Interests in Shares BG Group Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') - Free Shares & Partnership Shares On 24 April 2008 the following Executive Directors and Persons DischargingManagerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plcordinary shares of 10p each set out below under the terms of the SIP. As aresult of these awards the interests in the ordinary share capital ofBG Group plc have increased as shown. Free Shares Partnership Shares Revised interest awarded at awarded at in ordinary shares a price of a price of 1277p per share 845p per shareExecutiveDirectorsFrank Chapman 234 89 718,643Ashley Almanza 234 89 321,237 PDMRSJorn Berget 234 89 20,323Charles Bland 234 89 245,758Mark Carne 234 89 1,458Peter Duffy 234 89 177,769Stuart Fysh 234 89 408,881Martin Houston 234 - 356,771 Note: The SIP is an HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share scheme.Under the rules of the SIP, partnership shares are awarded to all eligibleemployees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-monthaccumulation period and the date the shares are acquired. B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BG Group plc also announces that it has today transferred to the Trustee of itsShare Incentive Plan 413,549 ordinary shares. The transferred shares wereall formerly held as treasury shares. Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 231,088,417 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 3,345,487,368. BG Group plc 24 April 2008 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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