12th Aug 2010 07:00
12 August 2010
MEDIA CORPORATION PLC
("Media Corp" or the "Group")
Director Shareholding
The Board of Media Corp was informed on 11 August 2010 that, on the same day, two Directors of the Group bought shares in Media Corp as follows:
| Director | Number of shares | Purchase price | Total number of shares heldsubsequent to the purchase | Percentage of issued share capital held | |||||
| Justin Drummond | 517,241 | 2.9p | 26,210,907** | 7.8% | |||||
| Nilesh Jagatia | 310,345 | 2.9p | 410,345 | 0.1% |
**Justin Drummond's holding comprises a direct holding of 23,424,241 shares and an indirect holding of 2,786,666 shares held by his wife
The issued share capital of Media Corp comprises 335,539,117 ordinary shares of 1 penny each.
Further information can be found on the Group's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com, or by contacting:
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Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com or by contacting:
| Media Corporation plc Tel: +44 20 7618 9000 |
| Justin Drummond - CEO |
| Nilesh Jagatia - Finance Director |
| Astaire Securities plc Tel: + 44 20 7492 4750 |
| Luke Cairns |
| XCAP Securities Tel: + 44 207 101 7070 |
| John Grant / Karen Kelly (Broking) |
| Bishopsgate Communications Tel: + 44 20 7562 3350 |
| Gemma O'Hara/Siobhra Murphy |
| Threadneedle Communications Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 9850 |
| Graham Herring/Alex White |
Notes to editors:
Quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading media and online gaming group.
The Group has two principal divisions:
Advertising Network - Formed in 1996, Eyeconomy specialises in mass reach campaigns to up to 50 Million unique consumers per month via its own proprietary ad-serving and tracking technology for clients including AOL, Dell and American Express.
www.eyeconomy.co.uk
Website Publishing - Media Corp has a diversified publishing division specialising in online media and gaming.
The impressive portfolio of websites includes a number of market leading websites, such as www.purple-lounge.com, www.gambling.com, www.onthebox.com, www.sport.co.uk, www.creditcardexpert.co.uk and www.flightcomparison.co.uk.
Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com
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