2nd May 2006 16:34
2 May 2006The Board of Directors of Countrywide plc announces that the Board has todayreceived the following:-Notification of PDMR Sharedealing1. The Trustees of the Employee Benefit Trust have received notification fromMr G R Fitzjohn, an option holder and member of the Executive Committee of theCompany. Mr Fitzjohn has exercised 2,213 option rights over ordinary Shares of5p each in the Company held by the Trustees of the Employee Benefit Trust,details below:Date of Date of No. of Granted Price Scheme option per Notification Exercise on rights Share exercised 02.05.06 28.04.06 2,213 21.05.1999 Nilp Executive Deferred Incentive Scheme (1996)This is an announceable occurrence because the following Directors ofCountrywide plc are included within the class of beneficiaries of the Trustalthough they have not themselves exercised any rights:Harry D HillMichael C NowerThe purchase, allocation, sale and transfer of shares are at the discretion ofthe Trustees. The Directors named were deemed to have an interest in theseshares. Their total shareholdings now amount to 1,412,479, shares, includingtheir interest in the shares held by the Trustees, representing 0.805% of theissued share capital of the Company.2. Following Mr Fitzjohn's exercise of options over ordinary shares of 5p eachin the Company, his shareholding has increased from 172,390 shares to 174,603shares, representing 0.099% of the issued share capital of the Company.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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