1st Aug 2005 17:30
BG GROUP plc01 August 2005 BG Group plc Purchase of Shares by Employee Share Scheme Trustee BG Group plc received notification on 29 July 2005 that Mourant & Co TrusteesLimited, as Trustee of the BG Group Long Term Incentive Scheme (the 'LTIS'), haspurchased 550,000 of the Company's Ordinary Shares of 10p each on 28 July 2005at a price of 470.4441p per share for the benefit of participants in the LTIS. The following Executive Directors of the Company and other senior executivesidentified by the Company as being persons discharging managerialresponsibilities (within the meaning of section 96B(1) of the Financial Servicesand Markets Act 2000) (PDMRs) are beneficiaries under the terms of the TrustDeed of the LTIS, as with other employees, and therefore are deemed to have apotential beneficial interest in the shares acquired: Executive Directors Ashley AlmanzaFrank ChapmanWilliam Friedrich PDMRs Charles BlandJorn BergetMark CarnePeter DuffyStuart FyshMartin HoustonPeter HughesBen MathewsDave RobertsRick Waddell BG Group plc1 August 2005 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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