3rd Aug 2007 13:00
SABMiller PLC03 August 2007 SABMiller plc Notification of Transactions of PDMR's in accordance with DTR3.1 EBT Additional Award The independent trustee of the SABMiller plc Employees' Benefit Trust (the"EBT"), notified the company on 2 August 2007 that it had on 1 August 2007exercised its discretion and released 100,000 ordinary shares in SABMiller plcto directors and persons exercising managerial responsibility (PDMR's)participating in the Performance Share Award Scheme (the "Scheme"). On 9 August 2005 the company announced that the TSR performance condition hadbeen achieved in respect of Scheme awards made on 1 August 2002. The PDMR'selected to retain these vested awards with the EBT for a further two years. Thatperiod having expired, the trustee has awarded additional nil-cost awards to thePDMR's. The numbers of additional shares awarded and those sold and retained bydirectors and PDMR's are set out below: Name of PDMR's Additional Shares sold / Shares retained Revised Total shares awarded sufficient by PDMR's Beneficial to PDMR's shares sold to holding meet PAYE and following EBT NIC liability award and sale (where applicable) N. J. Adami 60,000 25,920 34,080 218,509A. C. Parker 40,000 40,000 NIL 20,486* Price per share for shares sold: £12.30 Date and place of transaction: 1 August 2007, London Date company informed of sale: 2 August 2007 * The independent trustee of the SABMiller plc Employees' Benefit Trust, alsonotified the company on 2 August 2007 that of the 68,405 shares held by Mr A. C.Parker in the EBT, 47,919 shares (relating to the remaining vested sharesarising from the 1 August 2002 base award) were also sold and disposed of inLondon on 1 August 2007 at a price of £12.30 per share, leaving him with aremaining beneficial interest of 20,486 shares, registered in the name ofGreenwood Nominees Limited. The shares sold on behalf of the PDMR's either in entirety or to meet PAYE andNIC liability (where applicable) were purchased by the EBT. Following thesetransactions, the EBT holds a total of 3,749,517 ordinary shares in SABMillerplc in which certain senior employees including the following directors andPDMR's have an interest as potential beneficiaries: Mr E.A.G. Mackay, Mr. M.I.Wyman, Mr. N. J. Adami, Dr. A.J. Clark, Ms. S. Clark, Mr J. Davidson, Mr N.T.Fell, Mr. C.A. van Kralingen, Mr N.T. Long, Mr. J. Nel, Mr. A. C. Parker and Mr.B.J.K. Smith. John Davidson General Counsel and Group Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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