3rd Mar 2008 17:25
Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC03 March 2008 ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC "the Company" The Company announces that it received today a notice, from Mr Charles Nicolson,a director and the Chairman of the Company, relating to the exercise of optionsas follows: Name Scheme No. Exercised Exercise price C Nicolson Unapproved 50,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each £0.745 Following the above transaction Mr Nicolson's beneficial interest in theCompany's shares is 915,698 Ordinary 4p shares, which is equivalent to 1.67% ofthe Company's issued share capital. Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited is the Trustee of the Albemarle & BondPawnbrokers Limited Employee Benefit Trust ("the EBT"). The EBT is interested in 462,250 Ordinary 4p shares representing 0.84% of the Company's total issuedshare capital. C L Nicolson, G V Nicholls, D A L Page and D P Pattinson are directors ofAlbemarle & Bond Trustee Limited. The Company further announces that that application has today been made for50,000 new Ordinary 4p shares to be admitted to listing pursuant to the exercise of share options under the unapproved share option scheme detailed above. It is expected that dealings will commence in the new ordinary shares on 10 March 2008. Following the exercise of share options the issued share capital of the Company will be increased from 54,668,391 Ordinary shares of 4p each to54,718,391 Ordinary shares of 4p each. Date: 3 March 2008 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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