26th Sep 2006 11:18
Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC26 September 2006 ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC "the Company" The Company hereby announces a transfer of shares approved on 25 September 2006held by Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited ("the Trustee") as Trustee of theAlbemarle & 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 25 September 2006 and the transfer of 20,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each approved pursuant to the exercise held by the Trustee to the Employee, the Trustee now holds 282,250 Ordinary 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 0.61% of the Company's issued share capital: C L Nicolson G V Nicholls D A L Page D P Pattinson Date: 26 September 2006 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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