6th Sep 2006 16:30
BG GROUP plc06 September 2006 A. Notification of Interests in Shares Release of Shares under Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS) BG Group plc has today received notification from the following ExecutiveDirectors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) that, on5 September 2006, they became entitled to the Shares set out in the table below,as a result of the vesting of awards allocated to them under the rules of theLTIS on 5 September 2003. Based upon the performance criteria which applied tothese awards, 75% of the original allocations have vested. In transferring theseShares to the beneficiaries below, the trustee of the LTIS has withheld theamount of Shares, referred to below, equivalent to the individual income tax andNI liability arising for each of the Executive Directors and PDMRs, to besettled by the Company through PAYE. As a result of the above, the Executive Directors' and PDMRs' individualinterests in the Shares of BG Group plc are as follows: Resulting Number of Number of Shares Beneficial Shares Shares transferred Interest in vested on withheld to on Shares on 5 September cover tax and 6 September 6 September 2006 NI liability 2006 2006 Executive Directors Frank Chapman 516,717 211,854 304,863 874,880William Friedrich 412,055 168,943 243,112 619,485 Ashley Almanza 243,701 99,918 143,783 300,484PDMRs Charles Bland 115,890 47,515 68,375 171,385Peter Duffy 118,465 48,571 69,894 172,345Stuart Fysh 43,707 17,920 25,787 183,568Martin Houston 140,040 57,417 82,623 256,392Stefan Ricketts 30,594 12,544 18,050 32,703Rick Waddell 129,300 47,130 82,170 133,241 B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BG Group plc announces that it has today transferred 2,011,357 ordinary sharesto participants of its Long Term Incentive Scheme, at the direction of theTrustee of the Scheme. The transferred shares were formerly held in Treasury. Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 127,355,156 ordinary shares inTreasury and has a total of 3,425,112,036 ordinary shares (excluding shares heldin Treasury) in issue. 6 September 2006 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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