6th Jun 2008 16:00
SABMiller plc
Notification of Transactions of Directors/PDMR's in accordance with DTR3.1
EBT Additional Award
The independent trustee of the SABMiller plc Employees' Benefit Trust (the "EBT"), notified the company on 5 June 2008 that it had on 30 May 2008 exercised its discretion and released 198,536 ordinary shares in SABMiller plc to directors and persons exercising managerial responsibility (PDMR's) participating in the Performance Share Award Scheme (the "Scheme").
On 5 July 2006 the company announced that the TSR performance condition had been achieved in respect of Scheme awards made on 23 May 2003. The directors/PDMR's elected to retain these vested awards with the EBT for a further two years. That period having expired, the trustee has awarded additional nil-cost awards to the directors/PDMR's. The numbers of additional shares awarded and those sold and retained by directors and PDMR's are set out below:
|
Name of Directors and PDMR's |
Additional shares awarded to Director/ PDMR's |
Shares sold / sufficient shares sold to meet PAYE and NIC liability (where applicable) |
Shares retained by Director/PDMR's |
Revised Total Beneficial holding following EBT award and sale |
|
E. A. G. Mackay* |
81,930 |
33,592 |
48,338 |
756,219 |
|
M. I. Wyman* |
38,335 |
15,718 |
22,617 |
471,413 |
|
A. J. Clark |
20,354 |
7,277 |
13,077 |
58,087 |
|
S. M. Clark |
18,040 |
7,397 |
10,463 |
40,600 |
|
J. Nel |
20,295 |
8,321 |
11,974 |
61,748 |
|
C.A. van Kralingen |
19,582 |
7,833 |
11,749 |
45,137 |
* Directors
Price per share for shares sold: £12.24
Date of sale: 23 May 2008
Date company informed of sale: 5 June 2008
The shares sold on behalf of the directors and PDMR's either in entirety or to meet PAYE and NIC liability (where applicable) were purchased by the EBT. Following these transactions, the EBT holds a total of 4,432,605 ordinary shares in SABMiller plc in which certain senior employees including the following directors and PDMR's have an interest as potential beneficiaries: Mr E.A.G. Mackay, Mr. M.I. Wyman, Mr. M. Bowman, Dr. A.J. Clark, Ms. S. M. Clark, Mr J. Davidson, Mr N.T. Fell, Mr. C.A. van Kralingen, Mr N.T. Long, Mr A. Mervis, Mr. J. Nel and Mr. B.J.K. Smith.
John Davidson
General Counsel and Group Company Secretary
Related Shares:
SAB.L