10th May 2006 17:30
BG GROUP plc10 May 2006 BG Group plc Notification of Interests in Shares Rick Waddell - Person discharging managerial responsibility Release of Shares under Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS) and subsequent sale BG Group plc has today received notification from Rick Waddell that, on 10 May2006, he became entitled to the BG Group plc ordinary shares of 10p each("Shares") set out in the table below, as a result of the vesting of an awardallocated to him under the rules of the LTIS on 8 April 2002. Based upon theperformance criteria which applied to this award, 100% of the originalallocation has vested. The trustee of the LTIS has withheld the amount of Shares, referred to below,equivalent to the US tax and Medicare liability arising on this release, whichwill be settled by the Company. The Company has also received notification from Rick Waddell, that on 10 May2006 he sold the 60,075 shares arising from this release at a price of £7.433per share. As a result of this release and subsequent sale, Rick Waddell's beneficialinterests in the Shares of BG Group plc are as follows: Number of Number of Shares Shares Shares ResultingShares vested withheld to cover US transferred sold on beneficial intereston 8 April tax and Medicare on 10 May 10 May in Shares on 10 May2006 liability 2006 2006 2006 94,533 34,458 60,075 60,075 51,071 10 May 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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