1st May 2014 13:43
1 May 2014
British Polythene Industries PLC
("the Company")
Share Matching Plan - Purchase of shares
The Company was informed on 1 May 2014 that the Trustees of the British Polythene Industries PLC Employees Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") had acquired 151,800 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("shares") at 628.5 per share. The shares acquired represent approximately 0.56% of the Company's issued share capital. Following the transaction, the ESOT will own 1,142,183 shares representing approximately 4.21% of the total voting rights and issued share capital of the Company. The shares were acquired for use under the Company's Share Matching Plan. John Langlands and David Harris as executive directors of the Company and David Duthie, Andrew Green, Michael Huyghe and David Pendlebury as other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, are beneficiaries of the Share Matching Plan and as such may have an interest in the shares for the purposes of Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.
Hilary Kane
Company Secretary & Legal Counsel
01475 501055
Related Shares:
BPI.L