8th Jun 2006 14:49
Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC08 June 2006 ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC "the Company" The Company hereby announces a transfer of shares approved today held byAlbemarle & Bond Trustee Limited ("the Trustee") as Trustee of the Albemarle &Bond Pawnbrokers Limited Employee Benefit Trust ("the ESOP"). The ESOP was established for the purpose of facilitating the holding of sharesin the Company by or for the benefit of bona fide employees or former employeesof the Company and its subsidiaries. Following the exercise of options by an employee ("the Employee") on 8 June 2006 and the transfer of 6,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each approved pursuant to the exercise held by the Trustee to the Employee, the Trustee now holds 302,250Ordinary shares of 4p each in the capital of the Company as Trustee of the ESOP. Each of the following directors of the Company, as a potential beneficiary ofthe ESOP, for the purposes of Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 is regardedas interested in the remaining shares held by the Trustee, which is equivalentto 0.65% of the Company's issued share capital: C L Nicolson G V Nicholls D A L Page D P Pattinson Date: 8 June 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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