3rd Jul 2006 16:45
Ladbrokes PLC03 July 2006 DIRECTORS' SHARE INTERESTS LADBROKES PLC ("THE COMPANY") ANNOUNCES THAT: • COMPUTERSHARE TRUSTEES LIMITED, THE TRUSTEE OF THE COMPANY'S SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ("THE PLAN") ("THE TRUSTEE"), ON 30 JUNE 2006 ACQUIRED 302,672 ORDINARY SHARES OF 28 1/3P EACH OF LADBROKES PLC ("SHARES") (REPRESENTING 0.05% OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL) AT A PRICE OF 405.65P PER SHARE ("THE SHARES"); THE SHARES ARE HELD SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE PLAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES WITHIN THE LADBROKES GROUP OF COMPANIES ('EMPLOYEES'). MR C BELL, MR J O'REILLY, MR A S ROSS AND MS R P THORNE, WHO ARE ALL DIRECTORS OF LADBROKES PLC AND MR M J NOBLE, MR M P O'KANE AND MR B S TAKER WHO ARE OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ('PDMRs'), ACQUIRED (FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 324 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985) AN INTEREST IN THE SHARES ACQUIRED BY THE TRUSTEE BY REASON OF BEING EMPLOYEES. • THE TRUSTEE HAS ON 30 JUNE 2006 MADE AN AWARD OF FREE SHARES UNDER THE PLAN TO UK EMPLOYEES WITH MORE THAN ONE YEAR'S SERVICE ("THE FREESHARE AWARD"). FOLLOWING THE FREESHARE AWARD, EACH OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE PDMRs CEASED TO BE INTERESTED IN 297,447 SHARES PREVIOUSLY HELD SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE TRUST WHICH WERE AWARDED TO OTHER EMPLOYEES. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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