14th Oct 2008 17:00
A. Notification of Interests in Shares
BG Group plc Share Incentive Plan 2008 ('SIP') - Partnership Shares
BG Group plc announces that today the following Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plc Ordinary Shares of 10p each (Shares) set out below under the terms of the SIP. As a result of these awards the interests in the ordinary share capital of BG Group plc have increased as shown.
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Partnership Shares awarded at a price of 848p per Share |
Revised interest in Shares |
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Executive Directors |
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Frank Chapman |
88 |
1,115,679 |
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Ashley Almanza |
88 |
540,220 |
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PDMRS |
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Jørn Berget |
88 |
131,307 |
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Charles Bland |
89 |
333,392 |
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Mark Carne |
88 |
51,695 |
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Peter Duffy |
89 |
265,403 |
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Stuart Fysh |
88 |
519,865 |
Note: The SIP is a HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share scheme. Under the rules of the SIP, partnership shares are awarded to all eligible employees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-month accumulation 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 its SIP 69,124 Shares at a price of 848p per Share. The transferred Shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 225,289,873 Shares as treasury shares. The total number of Shares in issue (excluding Shares held as treasury shares) is 3,353,795,545.
BG Group plc
14 October 2008
website www.bg-group.com
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